Ethernet: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 08:53, 10 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]

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 /etc/network/interfaces file.

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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 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.
-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]]