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| author | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@schwinge.name> | 2010-12-13 17:11:51 +0100 |
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| committer | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@schwinge.name> | 2010-12-13 17:11:51 +0100 |
| commit | 2d75167da62e3486836e5f1773e5f1ab06e43fe8 (patch) | |
| tree | e44fc83e0b1419836d1b21652ad1d38b8d0af2c4 /hurd/network.mdwn | |
| parent | 217998d56f5b6424a685f8c87f2c0e924d1c89da (diff) | |
| parent | 5c5c16e265d8ef56b71f319885f32bf144bdea23 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' into external_pager_mechanism
Conflicts:
microkernel/mach/external_pager_mechanism.mdwn
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diff --git a/hurd/network.mdwn b/hurd/network.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 5786b01c..00000000 --- a/hurd/network.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,43 +0,0 @@ -How to setup networking in the Hurd. - -First, make sure that Mach recognizes your hardware. <!-- If it doesn't, you can -to recompile it in most cases. [ADD LINK TO INFO ON THIS] --> - -# The `pfinet` Translator - -To configure the network, the `pfinet` (*Protocol Family Internet*) translator -must be configured. This is done using the `settrans` command to attach a -translator to a given file system node. When programs access the node by, for -example, sending an RPC, the Hurd will transparently start the server to handle -the request. - - # settrans -fgap /servers/socket/2 /hurd/pfinet -i eth0 \ - -a 192.168.0.50 -g 192.168.0.1 -m 255.255.255.0 - -Here, `settrans` is passed several options: - -* `fg`, force any existing translator to go away. -* `ap`, make both active and passive translators. - -The active translator means that the operating system both starts the -translator immediately and passinve means that the settings are saved in the -file system node. The former also means that any error messages are sent to -`stderr`. - -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. - -`-a`, `-g` and `-m` are, quite obviously, the IP address, the gateway and -netmask. - -Help on settrans can be obtained by passing it the `--help` option. Help on a -specific translator can be gotten by invoking it from the command line with the -same argument, e.g.: - - # /hurd/pfinet --help - -As there can be a lot of output, consider piping this through a pager. - -Finally copy over your `/etc/resolv.conf` from GNU/Linux to allow your DNS to -resolve correctly. |