On 03/16/2014 08:27 PM, Chris Stankevitz wrote: > Where is the proper place to specify the gentoo network configuration > nowadays? > > I do not have a file called /etc/conf.d/net.example on my hard drive. > That surprised me. > > The handbook talks all about eth0, but my machine does not have a > eth0. It has eno1. Perhaps the handbook is not up to date? > > I'm using wicd now but I want to ditch wicd and replace it with the > "generally accepted correct gentoo way". > > Thank you, > > Chris > As far as eth0 goes, the handbook does talk about network interface names other than eth0. See below for details.
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?style=printable&full=1#book_part1_chap3 Automatically Start Networking at Boot To have your network interfaces activated at boot, you need to add them to the default runlevel. Code Listing 2.7: Adding net.eth0 to the default runlevel # cd /etc/init.d # ln -s net.lo net.eth0 # rc-update add net.eth0 default If you have several network interfaces, you need to create the appropriate net.* files just like you did with net.eth0. If you later find out the assumption about the network interface name (which we currently document as eth0) was wrong, then 1. update the /etc/conf.d/net file with the correct interface name (like enp3s0 instead of eth0), 2. create new symbolic link (like /etc/init.d/net.enp3s0), 3. remove the old symbolic link (rm /etc/init.d/net.eth0), 4. add the new one to the default runlevel, and 5. remove the old one using rc-update del net.eth0 default.
