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-We now support modular networking scripts, which means we can easily
-add support for new interface types and configuration modules while keeping
-compatibility with existing ones.
+We now support modular networking scripts, which means we can easily add support
+for new interface types and configuration modules while keeping compatibility
+with existing ones.
-Modules load by default if the package they need is installed. If
-you specify a module here that doesn't have its package installed
-then you get an error stating which package you need to install.
-Ideally, you only use the modules setting when you have two or more
-packages installed that supply the same service and you need to prefer
-one over the other.
+Modules load by default if the package they need is installed. If you specify a
+module here that doesn't have its package installed then you get an error
+stating which package you need to install. Ideally, you only use the modules
+setting when you have two or more packages installed that supply the same
+service and you need to prefer one over the other.
-We provide two interface handlers presently: ifconfig and iproute2.
-You need one of these to do any kind of network configuration.
+We provide two interface handlers presently: ifconfig and iproute2. You need one
+of these to do any kind of network configuration.
@@ -70,8 +69,8 @@
As both ifconfig and iproute2 do very similar things we allow their basic
-configuration to work with each other. For example both the below code
-snippets work regardless of which module you are using.
+configuration to work with each other. For example both the below code snippets
+work regardless of which module you are using.
-If you have more than one DHCP client installed, you need to specify which
-one to use - otherwise we default to dhcpcd if available.
+If you have more than one DHCP client installed, you need to specify which one
+to use - otherwise we default to dhcpcd if available.
@@ -189,8 +188,8 @@
-APIPA tries to find a free address in the range 169.254.0.0-169.254.255.255
-by arping a random address in that range on the interface. If no reply is
-found then we assign that address to the interface.
+APIPA tries to find a free address in the range 169.254.0.0-169.254.255.255 by
+arping a random address in that range on the interface. If no reply is found
+then we assign that address to the interface.
-This is only useful for LANs where there is no DHCP server and you don't
-connect directly to the internet and all other computers use APIPA.
+This is only useful for LANs where there is no DHCP server and you don't connect
+directly to the internet and all other computers use APIPA.
@@ -273,9 +272,9 @@
-Bonding is used to increase network bandwidth. If you have two network
-cards going to the same network, you can bond them together so your
-applications see just one interface but they really use both network cards.
+Bonding is used to increase network bandwidth. If you have two network cards
+going to the same network, you can bond them together so your applications see
+just one interface but they really use both network cards.
@@ -51,8 +50,8 @@
@@ -158,8 +157,8 @@
@@ -302,10 +301,10 @@
-Bridging is used to join networks together. For example, you may have a -server that connects to the internet via an ADSL modem and a wireless -access card to enable other computers to connect to the internet via the -ADSL modem. You could create a bridge to join the two interfaces together. +Bridging is used to join networks together. For example, you may have a server +that connects to the internet via an ADSL modem and a wireless access card to +enable other computers to connect to the internet via the ADSL modem. You could +create a bridge to join the two interfaces together.
@@ -341,10 +340,10 @@-You don't need to emerge anything for changing the MAC address of your -interface if you change to a specific address. However, if you need to -change to a random address or a random address of a given type then you -need to emerge net-analyzer/macchanger. +You don't need to emerge anything for changing the MAC address of your interface +if you change to a specific address. However, if you need to change to a random +address or a random address of a given type then you need to emerge +net-analyzer/macchanger.
@@ -374,8 +373,8 @@-You don't need to emerge anything for tunnelling as the interface handler -can do it for you. +You don't need to emerge anything for tunnelling as the interface handler can do +it for you.
@@ -400,10 +399,10 @@-Virtual LAN is a group of network devices that behave as if they were -connected to a single network segment - even though they may not be. -VLAN members can only see members of the same VLAN even though they may -share the same physical network. +Virtual LAN is a group of network devices that behave as if they were connected +to a single network segment - even though they may not be. VLAN members can only +see members of the same VLAN even though they may share the same physical +network.
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