Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of UsersGuide/Networking

Timestamp:

2012-06-13T22:10:10Z (12 years ago)

Author:

Jiri Svoboda

Comment:

loc show-cat iplink output

UsersGuide/Networking

@@ -35 +35 @@
 }}}
 
-Now, let's assume you want to configure HelenOS to have address 192.168.1.4. This is simply achieved by typing:
+Let's check the available IP links:
+{{{
+/ # loc show-cat iplink
+iplink:
+       net/loopback : loopip
+       net/eth1 : ethip
+}}}
+
+`net/eth1` is one of the available links, in this case the first discovered Ethernet adapter.
+Now, let's assume you want to configure net/eth1 to have address 192.168.1.4. This is simply achieved by typing:
 
 {{{
 / # inet create 192.168.1.4/24 net/eth1 myaddr
 }}}
-
-`net/eth1` is one of the available links, in this case the first discovered network card. You may use the `loc show-cat iplink` command to see what other links are there in the system. `myaddr` is a user-defined name given to the configured address. It is used to identify the address to other `inet` commands.
+`myaddr` is a user-defined name given to the configured address. It is used to identify the address to other `inet` commands.
 
 You may also want to configure the default gateway for your networked HelenOS system. Provided the gateway is at 192.168.1.1, type: