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authorPatrick J. Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com>2021-02-28 13:33:20 -0600
committerRobby Workman <rworkman@slackware.com>2021-02-28 13:33:20 -0600
commit7985a762dbddd5e5fd467e7cef3bc3d1821c64ea (patch)
treef889891d3fbef17c4b4e8fc47a5fb19df143a181
parent4f09f0419943590ab6c298304c5300cf61ca55c1 (diff)
downloadslacknetsetup-7985a762dbddd5e5fd467e7cef3bc3d1821c64ea.tar.xz
scripts/netconfig: menu fix for formatting and add additional info
-rw-r--r--netconfig16
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/netconfig b/netconfig
index 06f9294..f7cdc9a 100644
--- a/netconfig
+++ b/netconfig
@@ -546,16 +546,18 @@ dialog --title "CONFIGURATION TYPE FOR '$HOSTNM.$DOMAIN'" \
If you have an internal network card and an assigned IP address, gateway, \
and DNS, use the 'static IP' choice to enter these values. If your IP \
address is assigned by a DHCP server (commonly used by cable modem and DSL \
-services), select 'DHCP'. If you do not have a network card, select \
-the 'loopback' choice. You may also select 'NetworkManager' if you would \
-like to have the NetworkManager daemon automatically handle your wired and \
+services), select 'DHCP'. Select 'NetworkManager' if you would like to \
+have the NetworkManager daemon automatically handle your wired and \
wireless network interfaces (this is simple and usually works). \
-Which type of network setup would you like?" 20 77 5 \
-"SLAAC" "Use only IPv6 SLAAC to configure ethernet" \
+IPv6 networks may also use SLAAC (Stateless Address Autoconfiguration) to \
+assign an address based on Router Advertisments. If you do not have a \
+network card, select the 'loopback' choice. \n\
+Which type of network setup would you like?" 22 77 5 \
"static IP" "Use a static IPv4 or IPv6 address to configure ethernet" \
"DHCP" "Use a DHCP (IPv4 or IPv6) server to configure ethernet" \
-"loopback" "Set up a loopback connection (modem or no net)" \
-"NetworkManager" "Autoconfigure network using NetworkManager" 2> $TMP/reply
+"NetworkManager" "Autoconfigure network using NetworkManager" \
+"SLAAC" "Use SLAAC to configure ethernet (IPv6 only)" \
+"loopback" "Set up a loopback connection (modem or no net)" 2> $TMP/reply
if [ $? = 1 -o $? = 255 ]; then
rm -f $TMP/reply
exit