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| -rw-r--r-- | manpages/rc.inet1.8 | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | manpages/rc.inet1.conf.5 | 85 |
2 files changed, 71 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/manpages/rc.inet1.8 b/manpages/rc.inet1.8 index 92f7cea..4102eec 100644 --- a/manpages/rc.inet1.8 +++ b/manpages/rc.inet1.8 @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Wireless interfaces are configured just like any network device but accept many more configuration parameters. .LP rc.inet1 reads its configuration parameters from a file -.IR rc.inet1.conf . +.IR /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf . The .I rc.inet1.conf file contains a series of variable array definitions, @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ The way to start your network (configuring your nics and bringing the interfaces up, and creating a default route if required) is by running the command: .LP -.B /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 +.B /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 start .LP Restarting the whole network (all available network interfaces) is done in a similar fashion: @@ -96,12 +96,13 @@ rc.inet1.conf by default. .LP If you want to configure more than six network interfaces, you will have to edit the file -.I /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 +.I /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf and change the value `6' in the line: .br -.B \ \ MAXNICS=${MAXNICS:-6} +.B \ \ #MAXNICS="6" .br -to a value that is larger than the largest index value you use. +(at the very bottom of the file) to a value that is larger than the largest +index value you use, and uncomment the line. .LP The /etc/rc.d/rc.wireless script is not meant to be run on its own by the user! .SH AUTHORS diff --git a/manpages/rc.inet1.conf.5 b/manpages/rc.inet1.conf.5 index 52695de..e966eb7 100644 --- a/manpages/rc.inet1.conf.5 +++ b/manpages/rc.inet1.conf.5 @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ .ie \\n(.$=0:((0\\$1)*2u>(\\n(.lu-\\n(.iu)) .TP .el .TP "\\$1" .. -.TH RC.INET1.CONF 5 "6 Nov 2019" "Slackware Version 15.0" +.TH RC.INET1.CONF 5 "16 Nov 2019" "Slackware Version 15.0" .SH NAME rc.inet1.conf \- Slackware network configuration file. .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -85,26 +85,39 @@ VIRTIFUSER[0]="root" .br VIRTIFGROUP[0]="root" .br -.SH EXAMPLE BRIDGE CREATION AND SETUP -Note the added BRNICS parameter which contains a space-separated list -of the physical or virtual network interfaces you want to add to the bridge. -Note that the parameter index can not be a duplicate of that defined for some -other interface (e.g. eth0 will be index 0 by default). +.SH EXAMPLE BRIDGE INTERFACE CREATION +Link aggregation (bond) interfaces can be configured with the use of 3 new +parameters for use in rc.inet1.conf. The BONDNICS parameter should contain +the (space delimited) list of interfaces to include in the bond. The type +of bond is configured with the BONDMODE parameter, which can be any of the +supported mode types as found in the bonding kernel documentation found at +/usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt. .LP -IFNAME[0]="br0" -.br -BRNICS[0]="eth0 eth1 tun0" -.br -IPADDR[0]="192.168.0.1" +The final parameter is a new generic IFOPTS parameter, which takes a list +of interface specific configuration options in a pipe (|) delimited list. +There are several module specific options which can be set with this +parameter, and they can be found in the kernel source documentation from +above. Note: it is +.B highly +recommended that you use at least the +.B miimon +option. Certain bonding modes will require other options to operate correctly. +.LP +Here is a complete configuration for a load balancing, fault tolerant +interface, with two ethernet devices: +.LP +IFNAME[0]="bond0" .br -NETMASK[0]="24" +BONDNICS[0]="eth0 eth1" .br -IPALIASES[0]="" +BONDMODE[0]="balance-rr" .br -USE_DHCP[0]="" +IFOPTS[0]="xmit_hash_policy layer2+3 | miimon 100" .br -DHCP_HOSTNAME[0]="" +IPADDR[0]="192.168.0.10" .br +NETMASK[0]="24" +.LP .SH EXAMPLE VLAN INTERFACE CREATION VLAN interfaces can be configured in rc.inet1.conf, in the standard Slackware way of defining an interface. The key to the configuration is to use the @@ -116,6 +129,8 @@ interface, configured with a static IPv4 address: .LP IFNAME[0]="eth0.100" .br +IFOPTS[0]="" +.br IPADDR[0]="192.168.100.10" .br NETMASK[0]="24" @@ -124,8 +139,38 @@ The IFNAME of the interface contains the underlying ethernet device name (eth0), a period (.), and the VLAN ID to be exposed. .LP Note that the underlying ethernet (or bond) interface does not need to have an -IP address to be used with the VLAN. +IP address to be used with the VLAN, but it can have an IP address if you are +also using an untagged VLAN. +.LP +The new generic IFOPTS parameter takes a pipe (|) delimited list of interface +type specific options, but does not need any options in order for a VLAN +interface to be configured. However, there are several VLAN specific options +which can be configured if required - these are documented in the ip-link(8) +man page (search for "VLAN Type Support"). +.br +.SH EXAMPLE BRIDGE CREATION AND SETUP +Note the added BRNICS parameter which contains a space-separated list +of the physical or virtual network interfaces you want to add to the bridge. +Note that the parameter index can not be a duplicate of that defined for some +other interface (e.g. eth0 will be index 0 by default). +.LP +IFNAME[5]="br0" .br +BRNICS[5]="eth0 eth1 tun0" +.br +IFOPTS[5]="" +.br +IPADDR[5]="192.168.0.10" +.br +NETMASK[5]="24" +.LP +The new generic IFOPTS parameter takes a pipe (|) delimited list of interface +type specific options, but does not need any options in order for a bridge +interface to be configured. However, there are several bridge specific options +which can be configured if required - these are documented in the ip-link(8) +man page (search for "BRIDGE Type Support"). +.br + .SH GENERAL PARAMETERS This is a list of parameters you can set for any interface. The example section is for `eth0' by default, i.e. @@ -327,10 +372,10 @@ script makes the assumption that array indexes stay below the value of .LP If you want to configure more than six network interfaces, you will have to edit the file -.I /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 -and change the value `6' in the line -.B MAXNICS=${MAXNICS:-6} -to the number of network interfaces you wish to use. +.I /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf +and uncomment, and change the value `6' in the line +.B #MAXNICS="6" +(at the very bottom of the file) to the number of network interfaces you wish to use. .SH AUTHORS Patrick J. Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com> .br |