%general-entities; ]> network configuring Which interfaces are brought up and down by the network script depends on the files and directories in the /etc/network.d hierarchy. This directory should contain a file for each interface to be configured, such as interface.xyz, where xyz is a network interface name. Inside this file we would be defining the attributes to this interface, such as its IP address(es), subnet masks, and so forth. The following command creates the network.conf file for use by the entire system: cat > ${CLFS}/etc/network.conf << "EOF" # /etc/network.conf # Global Networking Configuration # interface configuration is in /etc/network.d/ # set to yes to enable networking NETWORKING=yes # set to yes to set default route to gateway USE_GATEWAY=no # set to gateway IP address GATEWAY=192.168.0.1 EOF The GATEWAY variable should contain the default gateway IP address, if one is present. If not, then comment out the variable entirely. The following command creates a sample interface.eth0 file for the eth0 device: mkdir ${CLFS}/etc/network.d && cat > ${CLFS}/etc/network.d/interface.eth0 << "EOF" # Network Interface Configuration # network device name INTERFACE=eth0 # set to yes to use DHCP instead of the settings below DHCP=no # IP address IPADDRESS=192.168.1.2 # netmask NETMASK=255.255.255.0 # broadcast address BROADCAST=192.168.1.255 EOF The INTERFACE variable should contain the name of the interface interface. The DHCP variable if set to yes will allow you to use dhcp. If set to no, you will need to configure the rest of the options. The IPADDRESS variable should contain the default IP address for this interface. The NETMASK variable should contain the default Subnet Mask for the IP address for this interface. The BROADCAST variable should contain the default Broadcast Address for the Subnet Mask of the IP Range being used on this interface. /etc/resolv.conf If the system is going to be connected to the Internet, it will need some means of Domain Name Service (DNS) name resolution to resolve Internet domain names to IP addresses, and vice versa. This is best achieved by placing the IP address of the DNS server, available from the ISP or network administrator, into /etc/resolv.conf. Create the file by running the following: cat > ${CLFS}/etc/resolv.conf << "EOF" # Begin /etc/resolv.conf domain [Your Domain Name] nameserver [IP address of your primary nameserver] nameserver [IP address of your secondary nameserver] # End /etc/resolv.conf EOF Replace [IP address of the nameserver] with the IP address of the DNS most appropriate for the setup. There will often be more than one entry (requirements demand secondary servers for fallback capability). If you only need or want one DNS server, remove the second nameserver line from the file. The IP address may also be a router on the local network.