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118334SpeterThis screen allows you to set up your general network parameters 2169689Skan(hostname, domain name, DNS server, etc) as well as the settings for a 3169689Skangiven interface (which was selected from the menu before this screen). 4132718Skan 518334SpeterPLIP/SLIP users - please read through to the end of this doc! 690075Sobrien 718334SpeterThe "options" field is kind of special (read: a hack :-): 890075Sobrien 990075SobrienAny valid options to ifconfig can be specified here, so if you need 1090075Sobriento do something "special" to get your interface working, then here 1190075Sobrienis the place to do it. 1218334Speter 1390075SobrienIf you're running SLIP or PLIP, you also need to use it for specifying 1490075Sobrienthe remote end of the link (simply type the foreign IP address in). 1590075SobrienIn the specific case where you're running PLIP with a Linux host peer 1690075Sobrienrather than a FreeBSD one, you also must add the "-link0" flag after the 1718334Speterforeign address. 1818334Speter 1990075SobrienIf you're dealing with an ethernet adaptor with multiple media 20169689Skanconnectors (e.g. AUI, 10BT, 10B2, etc), you can use this field to 21169689Skanspecify which one to use. Examples of valid strings include: 2218334Speter 2318334Speter "media 10base5/AUI" - Select the AUI port. 24132718Skan "media 10baseT/UTP" - Select the twisted pair port. 2550397Sobrien "media 10base2/BNC" - Select the BNC connector. 26132718Skan "media 100baseTX" - Select 100BaseT on a 100/10 dual adaptor. 27132718Skan 2818334SpeterIf you have a wireless interface and must specify arguments such as a 2990075SobrienWEP key here, you may use something like: 3090075Sobrien 31169689Skan "wepmode on wepkey 0xFEEDFACE" 32169689Skan 3318334SpeterWhen you're done with this form, select OK. 3418334Speter