Ethernet: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 15:37, 12 January 2025

When installing Alpine linux, the setup-alpine script should have given you the option to setup ethernet/networking. If you need to setup your networking after installation you can use setup-interfaces script. The script configures wireless and ethernet interfaces in addition to other types and will satisfy most trivial configurations.

setup-interfaces

Start the script by running this command:

# setup-interfaces

Available interfaces are: eth0 wlan0.
Enter '?' for help on bridges, bonding and vlans.
Which one do you want to initialize? (or '?' or 'done') [eth0]

choose eth0 for Ethernet or wlan0 for wireless device, as appropriate.

if asked:

Ip address for eth0? (or 'dhcp', 'none', '?') [dhcp]

choose dhcp

Now it will ask Do you to do any manual network configuration? (y/n) [n]

In most cases, you can accept the default option n . Choose y to open the /etc/network/interfaces file for editing in vi editor to proceed with manual network configuration.

The above script configures Networking service adds to boot run level and starts the service. Refer Networking service section, if this needs to be done manually.

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-This page has been made transcluded into Main Networking page [[Configure Networking]]. So commented the below line as it is not appropriate.
+This page is transcluded into Main Networking page [[Configure Networking]].
-Ethernet is a relatively generic term that mostly means "wired internet". WiFi is wireless, ethernet involves some sort of wire (usually an RJ45 style jack with copper cables inside). -->
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 When [[Installation|installing]] Alpine linux, the <code>setup-alpine</code> script should have given you the option to setup ethernet/networking. If you need to setup your networking after installation you can use [[Alpine setup scripts#setup-interfaces|setup-interfaces]] script. The script configures wireless and ethernet interfaces in addition to other types and will satisfy most trivial configurations.
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   Which one do you want to initialize? (or '?' or 'done') [eth0]
-choose <code>eth0</code> (or your Ethernet device, Ethernet devices usually start with <code>e</code> )
+choose <code>eth0</code> for Ethernet or <code>wlan0</code> for wireless device, as appropriate.
 if asked:
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 Now it will ask <code>Do you to do any manual network configuration? (y/n) [n]</code>
-unless you need to do manual network configuration choose '''n''', if you need to do manual network configuration choose '''y''' and it will open the <code>/etc/network/interfaces</code> file.
+In most cases, you can accept the default option '''n''' . Choose '''y''' to open the {{Path|/etc/network/interfaces}} file for editing in [[BusyBox#vi| '''vi''' editor]] to proceed with manual network configuration.
-The above script generally configures Networking service by adding the networking service to boot run level and starts the service.
+The above script configures Networking service adds to boot run level and starts the service. Refer [[Configure_Networking#Networking_service|Networking service]] section, if this needs to be done manually.
-If for some reason, this needs to be done manually, here are the steps:
-To '''start''' (or '''restart''') the networking service: {{Cmd|# rc-service networking --quiet start &}}
-To add networking service so that it starts on boot: {{Cmd|# rc-update add networking boot}}
 [[Category:Networking]]