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codedmart
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 Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 2:25 am Post subject: Network Setup GUI |
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| Is there any GUI network setup tool that you can emerge to configure your eth0, eth1, wireless instead of doing by text? |
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delta407
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Possibly, but... why?
Just curious. Any tool that did so would have to be Gentoo-specific, since the Gentoo sets up network devices differently than every other distro.
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| Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 2:52 am Post subject: |
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| I guess i am just more for GUI's the text. What does Bodhisattva mean I have seen that on a couple of peoples profiles |
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codedmart
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| Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 3:12 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks! Does anybody else know of any GUI's for network setup? |
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Well there's that awful (sorry don't like GUIs) webmin thing: http://www.webmin.com/. Maybe that would help you? It apparently has a network configuration module. Oh yeah and it's in portage  |
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delta407
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Again, any network configuration module would have to be Gentoo-specific. I don't think Webmin supports editing /etc/conf.d/net in the manner Gentoo expects, and each distribution does it differently. I wouldn't expect to find a wealth of tools in this regard, especially considering that -- even though it's a text file -- it's usually 2-3 lines long and pretty straightforward.
Got a static IP and netmask on eth0? Easy:
| Code: | | iface_eth0="1.2.3.4 netmask 255.255.255.0" |
Got a single upstream router?
| Code: | | gateway="eth0/1.2.3.254" |
Using DHCP instead of all that?
Okay, so it's a text file. But, it's not a big or scary text file, and a graphical means of changing it wouldn't add any functionality or substantially simplify its operation, so I personally see little value in creating one. For that reason, I wouldn't expect to find one... but, I've been surprised before, so you just might be in luck.
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