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Configuring eth0 in Slackware

July 25, 2006

When I was configuring my DSL connection in Linux early this morning, I stumbled on one little problem: my ethernet card is detected by Linux, but it is not configured. This was due to the fact that my internet connection is ppp-based, meaning that I need a conventional modem to be able to connect to the ‘net.

Of course I can do it the traditional way, via ifconfig, then add the necessary routes through route. However, there’s an easier way for Slackware, and that’s

netconfig

It presents a dialog-based configuration screen that would perform all the necessary settings similar to what is done with ifconfig and route.

After rebooting my system, all’s well, and I’m off to my regular ‘net activities.

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