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Network Interface Configuration

This form allows you to configure the Ethernet and FDDI interfaces on the Internet Gateway system. The form modifies the /etc/hosts configuration file, adding a hostname-to-Internet address translation for each local address. The form also modifies the /etc/config/netif.options file to enable each interface and to provide interface-to-hostname translations, and the /etc/config/ifconfig-*.options file to specify the netmask for each interface.

Use the Network Interface Configuration form to change the following parameters:

Interface Up: This selection controls whether the system is able to communicate on the network to which this interface is attached. Select Yes to enable the network interface, or No to disable it.

(Default value: No)

Interface Type: This informational field specifies whether this is the system's primary network interface or a secondary interface. The primary interface is typically the interface with the lowest number on the system.

(Default value: Primary for the first network interface; secondary for all additional interfaces)

Interface Name: This informational field shows the name of this interface and the hardware type. The names are system-specific and encode information on the type of chip that is used to implement the hardware protocol and a count.

(Default value: derived from system hardware query)

IP Address: Each interface on the system must be assigned a unique number on the Internet. Enter the Internet address for this network interface in dotted decimal (such as 1.2.3.4) or hexadecimal (such as 0x01020304) notation.

(Default value: 192.0.2.1)

Hostname: Each interface must have a unique name. Traditionally, a name is assigned to the primary interface and each secondary interface is assigned a numbered prefix to the primary interface name. (For example, a primary interface is assigned the hostname aspen, and secondary interfaces as named gate-aspen, gate2-aspen, gate3-aspen, and so on). Enter the name of this network interface. Your entry must not contain spaces or punctuation.

(Default value: IRIS)

Netmask: The network number and host number are stored in a single 32 bit value. The netmask determines how many bits are considered part of the network number and how many are part of the host number. Specify a netmask in dotted decimal (such as 255.255.0.0) or hexadecimal (such as 0xffff0000) notation.

(Default value: 0xffffff00)

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