Do you need Networking?

Do you need Networking? @@ -106,19 +106,19 @@ -Optional: Configure Proxy +Optional: Configure any Proxies

If you access the Internet through a proxy, you might need to set up proxy information during the installation. It is very easy to define a proxy: you just -need to define a variable which contains the proxy server information. +need to define a variable which contains the proxy server information.

In most cases, you can just define the variables using the server hostname. As -an example, we assume the proxy is called proxy.gentoo.org and the port -is 8080. +an example, we assume the proxy is called proxy.gentoo.org and the port +is 8080.

@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@
 
 
 You may want to try pinging your ISP's DNS server (found in
-/etc/resolv.conf) and a Web site of choice, just to make sure 
+/etc/resolv.conf) and a Web site of your choice, just to make sure 
 that your packets are reaching the net, DNS name resolution is working 
-correctly, etc..
+correctly, etc.
 
 
 @@ -157,9 +157,9 @@
 
 
 
-Are you able to use your network? If so, you can skip the rest of this
+If you are now able to use your network, you can skip the rest of this
 section and continue with Preparing the
-Disks. If not, bad luck, you'll have to work on it a bit more.
+Disks. If not, read on.
 
 
 
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
 
 
 If your installation medium does not contain any of these tools or your network
-doesn't function yet, continue with Manual Network 
+doesn't function yet, continue with Manual Network 
 Configuration.
 
 
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
   
   
     PPTP users should continue with Alternative:
-    Using PPTP (x86 only)
+    Using PPTP
   
 
 
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
 
 
 
-If your network still doesn't work, continue with Manual
+If your network still doesn't work, continue with Manual
 Network Configuration.
 
 
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
 version) has made things easy for you by including rp-pppoe. Use the 
 provided adsl-setup script to configure your connection. You will be 
 prompted for the ethernet device that is connected to your adsl modem, your
-username and password, the IPs of your DNS servers and if you need a basic
+username and password, the IPs of your DNS servers and if you need a basic 
 firewall or not.
 
 
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
 /etc/ppp/chap-secrets and make sure you are using the right 
 ethernet device. If your ethernet device doesn't exist, you will have to load
 the appropriate network modules. In that case you should continue with 
-Manual Network Configuration as we explain how to
+Manual Network Configuration as we explain how to
 load the appropriate network modules there.
 
 
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
 
 
 
-PPTP is only available for the x86 architecture.
+PPTP support is only available for x86
 
 
 
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@
 
 

 If net-setup or adsl-setup failed, then it is possible that
-your networkcard wasn't found immediately. This means you may have to load
+your network card wasn't found immediately. This means you may have to load
 the appropriate kernel modules manually.
 
 
@@ -443,9 +443,9 @@
 
 
 Support for the iwconfig command is only available on x86, amd64 and ppc
-Installation CDs. You can still get the extensions working otherwise by 
-following the instructions of the linux-wlan-ng 
+Installation CDs. You can still get the extensions working otherwise 
+by following the instructions of the
+linux-wlan-ng
 project.
 
 
@@ -469,8 +469,9 @@

-Some wireless cards may have a device name of wlan0 instead of -eth0. +Some wireless cards may have a device name of wlan0 or ra0 instead +of eth0. Run iwconfig without any command-line parameters to +determine the correct device name.

@@ -513,10 +514,10 @@

-If all above fails, you will have to configure your network manually. -Have no fear, it is far from difficult. But we are going to explain a -certain amount of networking to you as you will need it to be able to -configure your network to your satisfaction. When you're done reading this, you +If all of the above fails, you will have to configure your network manually. +This is not difficult at all. However, you need to be familiar with some +network terminology, as you will need it to be able to +configure your network to your satisfaction. After reading this, you will know what a gateway is, what a netmask serves for, how a broadcast address is formed and why you need nameservers. @@ -539,9 +540,9 @@

Such an IP address is unique to a host as far as all accessible networks are -concerned (i.e. all hosts that you are able to reach must have unique IP -addresses). To be able to make a distinction between hosts inside a network, -and hosts outside a network, the IP address is divided in two parts: the +concerned (i.e. every host that you are able to reach must have a unique IP +address). In order to distinguish between hosts inside and outside a +network, the IP address is divided in two parts: the network part and the host part.

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