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diff --git a/hurd/translator/lwip.mdwn b/hurd/translator/lwip.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9d3465b7 --- /dev/null +++ b/hurd/translator/lwip.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +Lwip is a lightweight TCP/IP stack, and a google summer of code made it possible to use lwip to replace pfinet. + +The lwip translator provides all of the following: + +* Support for IPv4 and IPv6 +* Support for TCP and UDP +* Support for multiple Ethernet devices +* Support for fsysopts and command-line parameters configuration +* Support to create an IP tunnel which may be used by an OpenVPN client + +To configure lwip for internet connectivity, use the +[[`settrans`|settrans]] command, like this: + + # settrans -fgap /servers/socket/2 /hurd/lwip ↩ + -i eth0 -a 192.168.0.50 -g 192.168.0.1 -m 255.255.255.0 + +The argument /server/socket/2 is the node that the translator is to be attached to. This is followed by the translator program to run and any arguments to give it. + +There, -i, -a, -g and -m are, quite obviously, the (Mach) device to use, the IP address, the gateway and netmask. |