SliTaz Repositories

     1.1 --- a/en/doc/handbook/network-config.html	Sun Mar 22 20:29:35 2009 +0100
     1.2 +++ b/en/doc/handbook/network-config.html	Sun Mar 22 19:54:20 2009 +0000
     1.3 @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     1.4      <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
     1.5      <meta name="description" content="slitaz English handbook network config pppoe ppp eth dhcp" />
     1.6      <meta name="expires" content="never" />
     1.7 -    <meta name="modified" content="2008-07-17 22:30:00" />
     1.8 +    <meta name="modified" content="2009-03-22 18:30:00" />
     1.9      <meta name="publisher" content="www.slitaz.org" />
    1.10      <meta name="author" content="Paul Issot, Christophe Lincoln"/>
    1.11      <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" />
    1.12 @@ -31,17 +31,19 @@
    1.13  <h2><font color="#DF8F06">Network configuration</font></h2>
    1.14  
    1.15  <ul>
    1.16 -	<li><a href="#eth">Ethernet connection</a> - DHCP or static IP.</li>
    1.17 -	<li><a href="#driver">Install network card driver</a> - Find and load Kernel
    1.18 -	modules.</li>
    1.19 -	<li><a href="#netbox">Netbox</a> - Configure network.</li>
    1.20 -	<li><a href="#pppoe">PPPoE kernel-mode</a> - Dial-up modem connection in 
    1.21 -	Kernel mode.</li>
    1.22 +	<li><a href="#about">About the Network.</a></li>
    1.23 +	<li><a href="#netbox">Netbox</a> - Configure the network.</li>
    1.24 +	<li><a href="#wifibox">Wifibox</a> - Configure wireless networks.</li>
    1.25 +	<li><a href="#driver">Install network card driver</a> - Find and load 
    1.26 +	Kernel modules.</li>
    1.27 +	<li><a href="#hostname">/etc/hostname</a> - Hostname.</li>
    1.28 +	<li><a href="#pppoe">PPPoE kernel-mode</a> - Dial-up modem connection 
    1.29 +	in Kernel mode.</li>
    1.30  	<li><a href="#rp-pppoe">PPPoE with rp-pppoe</a> - Dial-up modem.</li>
    1.31  	<li><a href="#firewall">Firewall</a> - Manage the Firewall (Iptables).</li>
    1.32  </ul>
    1.33  
    1.34 -<a name="eth"></a>
    1.35 +<a name="about"></a>
    1.36  <h3>About the Network</h3>
    1.37  <p>
    1.38  By default SliTaz starts a DHCP client (udhcpc) on eth0 at boot time. If your
    1.39 @@ -50,9 +52,10 @@
    1.40  configured, on each boot the client asks for a new IP address from 
    1.41  the DHCP server, which is integrated into the router, or on another computer.
    1.42  If you need a static IP, you can directly edit config files or use the GUI
    1.43 -<code>netbox</code> available from JWM menu --&gt; System tools. In a terminal
    1.44 -or a Linux console, you can list all available network interfaces with the 
    1.45 -command <code>ifconfig</code> followed by the <code>-a</code> option:
    1.46 +<code>netbox</code> available from the System menu --&gt; System tools. 
    1.47 +In a terminal or a Linux console, you can list all available network 
    1.48 +interfaces with the command <code>ifconfig</code> followed by the 
    1.49 +<code>-a</code> option:
    1.50  </p>
    1.51  <pre>
    1.52   $ ifconfig -a
    1.53 @@ -70,13 +73,16 @@
    1.54  </p>
    1.55  
    1.56  <a name="netbox"></a>
    1.57 -<h3><font color="#6c0023">Netbox - Configure the network</font></h3>
    1.58 +<h3>Netbox - Configure the network</h3>
    1.59  <p>
    1.60  Netbox is a small GTK+ application to configure a network interface using 
    1.61  DCHP or a fixed (static) IP address. The tabs can be used to start/stop the 
    1.62  connections and automatically change the values in the system files. Netbox 
    1.63 -also provides a system wide tab from which you can directly edit network 
    1.64 -configuration files. 
    1.65 +provides a system wide tab from which you can directly edit network 
    1.66 +configuration files, and tabs to configure PPP/PPPoE username/passwords.
    1.67 +Servers such as SSH, DHCP, PXE, DNS, etc can also be configured and it's 
    1.68 +possible to create your own virtual private network (VPN) using the tools 
    1.69 +provided.
    1.70  </p>
    1.71  
    1.72  <img
    1.73 @@ -85,14 +91,14 @@
    1.74  	style="width: 536px; height: 357px;" />
    1.75  
    1.76  <p>
    1.77 -You can start netbox from the system tools menu or via a terminal: 
    1.78 +You can start netbox from the System tools menu or via a terminal: 
    1.79  </p>
    1.80  <pre>
    1.81   $ subox netbox
    1.82  </pre>
    1.83  
    1.84  <a name="wifibox"></a>
    1.85 -<h3><font color="#6c0023">Wifibox - Graphical configuration of the wireless network</font></h3>
    1.86 +<h3>Wifibox - Graphical configuration of the wireless network</h3>
    1.87  <p>
    1.88  Wifibox is small interface to configure a network connection (Wifi, 
    1.89  WLAN, or Wireless). The 'Networks' tab displays a list of available 
    1.90 @@ -115,9 +121,9 @@
    1.91  <ol>
    1.92  	<li>The card is supported directly by the kernel via a module.</li>
    1.93  	<li>The card needs a module and non-free firmware that can be installed
    1.94 -    automatically via the auto-detect tool (tazhw).</li>
    1.95 +	automatically via the auto-detect tool (tazhw).</li>
    1.96  	<li> The card is not supported by Linux and a Windows driver must be
    1.97 -    installed via the Windows driver manager (tazndis).</li>
    1.98 +	installed via the Windows driver manager (tazndis).</li>
    1.99  </ol>
   1.100  
   1.101  <a name="driver"></a>
   1.102 @@ -142,7 +148,7 @@
   1.103  </p>
   1.104  
   1.105  <a name="hostname"></a>
   1.106 -<h3><font color="#6c0023">/etc/hostname - The hostname</font></h3>
   1.107 +<h3>/etc/hostname - The hostname</h3>
   1.108  <p>
   1.109  The file /etc/hostname sets the machine name. This is loaded at system 
   1.110  startup with the command 'hostname', without an argument this
   1.111 @@ -161,7 +167,7 @@
   1.112  </pre>
   1.113  
   1.114  <a name="pppoe"></a>
   1.115 -<h3><font color="#6c0023">PPPoE connection kernel-mode</font></h3>
   1.116 +<h3>PPPoE connection kernel-mode</h3>
   1.117  <p>
   1.118  PPPoE connection in kernel-mode needs 2 files. The first file is
   1.119  <code>/etc/ppp/options</code> where you must specify your login name:
   1.120 @@ -195,7 +201,7 @@
   1.121  </p>
   1.122  
   1.123  <a name="rp-pppoe"></a>
   1.124 -<h3><font color="#6c0023">Enable Dial-up Modem -  PPPoE with rp-pppoe</font></h3>
   1.125 +<h3>Enable Dial-up Modem -  PPPoE with rp-pppoe</h3>
   1.126  <p>
   1.127  To set an ASDL protocol via PPPoE, SliTaz provides the utilities 
   1.128  package <code>rp-pppoe</code>. Using <code>pppoe-setup</code> is a snap and you
   1.129 @@ -250,7 +256,7 @@
   1.130  </p>
   1.131  
   1.132  <a name="firewall"></a>
   1.133 -<h3><font color="#6c0023">Manage the Firewall (<em>firewall</em>) using Iptables</font></h3>
   1.134 +<h3>Manage the Firewall (<em>firewall</em>) using Iptables</h3>
   1.135  <p>
   1.136  SliTaz provides a very basic firewall, the kernel security rules are launched 
   1.137  at boot time and iptables rules are disabled by default. You can