install-guide/devel/en_US networkconfig.xml,1.4,1.5
Paul W. Frields (pfrields)
fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Wed May 23 00:44:06 UTC 2007
Author: pfrields
Update of /cvs/docs/install-guide/devel/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv4111
Modified Files:
networkconfig.xml
Log Message:
Some cleanup and updating for F7 anaconda
Index: networkconfig.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/install-guide/devel/en_US/networkconfig.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -r1.4 -r1.5
--- networkconfig.xml 22 May 2007 23:36:37 -0000 1.4
+++ networkconfig.xml 23 May 2007 00:44:03 -0000 1.5
@@ -57,16 +57,21 @@
<section id="sn-network-devices">
<title>Network Devices</title>
-
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>IP address</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>IP address</primary>
+ <secondary>dynamic</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)</primary>
+ </indexterm>
<para>
&FED; displays a list of network interfaces detected on your
computer. Each interface must have a unique <firstterm>IP
- address</firstterm> <indexterm>
- <primary>IP address</primary>
- </indexterm> on the network to which it is attached. The interface
- may receive this address from the network <indexterm>
- <primary>DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)</primary>
- </indexterm> DHCP service.
+ address</firstterm> on the network to which it is attached. The
+ interface may receive this address from the network DHCP service.
</para>
<para>
Specify whether an interface should be automatically activated at
@@ -98,19 +103,6 @@
<para>To change the selection, select or deselect the appropriate
checkbox. If necessary, change the network address
configuration for the interface.</para>
- </section>
- <section id="sn-network-manual-ipaddr">
- <title>Assigning an IP Address</title>
- <para>
- To manually assign an IP address, highlight the interface on the
- <guilabel>Network Device</guilabel> list and select
- <guibutton>Edit</guibutton>. &FED; then displays the
- <guilabel>Edit Interface</guilabel> dialog.</para>
- <para><emphasis>Deselect</emphasis> the <guilabel>Configure using
- DHCP</guilabel> check box, so that it is empty. Enter the
- <guilabel>IP Address</guilabel> and the appropriate
- <guilabel>Netmask</guilabel> for the interface, then select
- <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para>
<tip>
<title>DHCP and Servers</title>
<para>
@@ -121,12 +113,47 @@
</para>
</tip>
</section>
-
+ <section id="sn-network-manual-ipv4">
+ <title>Configuring IPv4</title>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>IP address</primary>
+ <secondary>static</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>
+ To assign an unchanging, or <firstterm>static</firstterm>, IP
+ address to your system, highlight the interface on the
+ <guilabel>Network Device</guilabel> list and select
+ <guibutton>Edit</guibutton>. &FED; then displays the
+ <guilabel>Edit Interface</guilabel> dialog.</para>
+ <para><emphasis>Deselect</emphasis> the <guilabel>Configure using
+ DHCP</guilabel> check box, so that it is empty. Enter the
+ <guilabel>IP Address</guilabel> and the appropriate
+ <guilabel>Netmask</guilabel> for the interface, then select
+ <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para>
+ <para>If you disable DHCP, automatic configuration of the
+ <guilabel>Hostname</guilabel> is also disabled, and the
+ <guilabel>Miscellaneous Settings</guilabel> options are enabled.
+ Refer to <xref linkend="sn-network-misc-settings"/> for more
+ information.</para>
+ </section>
+ <section id="sn-network-manual-ipv6">
+ <title>Configuring IPv6</title>
+ <para>If IPv6 is enabled, the installation program defaults to
+ using <guilabel>Automatic neighbor discovery</guilabel>. If you
+ want to change the default, select either
+ <guilabel>DHCPv6</guilabel> for IPv6-compliant dynamic IP
+ addressing, or <guilabel>Manual configuration</guilabel> to
+ enter IP information manually.</para>
+ <para>To assign a static IPv6 address, enter the <guilabel>IP
+ Address</guilabel> and the appropriate
+ <guilabel>Prefix</guilabel> for the interface, then select
+ <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para>
+ </section>
</section>
- <section id="sn-computer-hostname">
- <title>Computer Hostname</title>
+ <section id="sn-hostname">
+ <title>Hostname</title>
<para>
On some networks, the DHCP provider also provides the name of the
@@ -136,14 +163,21 @@
hostname, select <guilabel>Manual</guilabel> and type the complete
name in the box. The complete hostname includes both the name of
the machine and the name of the domain of which it is a member,
- such as <replaceable>machine1.example.com</replaceable>. The
- machine name (or "short hostname") is
- <replaceable>machine1</replaceable>, and the <indexterm>
+ such as <systemitem
+ class="fqdomainname"><replaceable>machine1.example.com</replaceable></systemitem>.
+ The machine name (or "short hostname") is <systemitem
+ class="systemname"><replaceable>machine1</replaceable></systemitem>,
+ and the <indexterm>
<primary>domain name</primary>
- </indexterm> domain name is
- <replaceable>example.com</replaceable>.
+ </indexterm> domain name is <systemitem
+ class="domainname"><replaceable>example.com</replaceable></systemitem>.
</para>
-
+ <para>To set up a home network that is behind an Internet firewall
+ or router, you may want to use <systemitem
+ class="fqdomainname"><replaceable>hostname</replaceable>.localdomain</systemitem>
+ for your &DISTRO; system. If you have more than one computer on
+ this network, you should give each one a separate host name in
+ this domain.</para>
<tip>
<title>Valid Hostnames</title>
<para>
@@ -152,13 +186,15 @@
and hyphens.
</para>
</tip>
-
+ <para>If your &DISTRO; system is connected
+ <emphasis>directly</emphasis> to the Internet, you must pay
+ attention to additional considerations to avoid service
+ interruptions or risk action by your upstream service provider. A
+ full discussion of these issues is beyond the scope of this
+ document.</para>
</section>
-
-
<section id="sn-network-misc-settings">
<title>Miscellaneous Settings</title>
-
<para>
To manually configure a network interface, you may also provide
other network settings for your computer. All of these settings
@@ -186,13 +222,12 @@
may use more than one DNS server. If the primary DNS server does
not respond, the computer sends any query to the secondary DNS
server, and so on. To assign DNS servers, type their IP addresses
- into the <guilabel>Primary</guilabel>,
- <guilabel>Secondary</guilabel>, or <guilabel>Tertiary DNS
- Server</guilabel> boxes.
+ into the <guilabel>Primary DNS</guilabel> or <guilabel>Secondary
+ DNS</guilabel> boxes.
</para>
<para>
- Click <guibutton>Next</guibutton> once you are satisfied with the
+ Select <guibutton>Next</guibutton> once you are satisfied with the
network settings for your system.
</para>
More information about the Fedora-docs-commits
mailing list