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| ====== Linux Network Interfaces ====== | ====== Linux network interfaces ====== |
| ===== Types of network interfaces ===== | ===== Types of network interfaces ===== |
| The [[wp>Linux kernel]] universally distinguishes between two types of software network interfaces: | The [[wp>Linux kernel]] universally distinguishes between two types of software network interfaces: |
| Two network interfaces can also be bonded together (please see [[wp>Link aggregation]] and [[wp>Channel bonding]] and [[http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Netzwerkkarten_b%C3%BCndeln|Ubuntu Wiki]]), [[http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt|Documentation/networking/bonding.txt]] | Two network interfaces can also be bonded together (please see [[wp>Link aggregation]] and [[wp>Channel bonding]] and [[http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Netzwerkkarten_b%C3%BCndeln|Ubuntu Wiki]]), [[http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt|Documentation/networking/bonding.txt]] |
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| | {{:meta:icons:tango:dialog-information.png?nolink}} |[[docs:techref:uci]] is a small C utility designed to centralize configuration in OpenWrt.\\ ''[[docs:guide-user:base-system:basic-networking|/etc/config/network]]'' is the network configuration file.\\ ''[[docs:guide-user:network:wifi:basic|/etc/config/wireless]]'' is the wireless configuration file.\\ <color maroon>**UCI creates an abstraction layer for configuring network interfaces**</color>:\\ In ''[[docs:guide-user:base-system:basic-networking|/etc/config/network]]'' you allocate a name like //lan// or //internet_wire// or //whatever// to each ''ifname''-variable for every device and then this name is consistently used through the entire UCI configuration. But this can only be used in conjunction with UCI!| | | {{:meta:icons:tango:dialog-information.png?nolink}} |[[docs:techref:uci]] is a small C utility designed to centralize configuration in OpenWrt.\\ ''[[docs:guide-user:network:network_configuration|/etc/config/network]]'' is the network configuration file.\\ ''[[docs:guide-user:network:wifi:basic|/etc/config/wireless]]'' is the wireless configuration file.\\ <color maroon>**UCI creates an abstraction layer for configuring network interfaces**</color>:\\ In the network configuration you allocate a name like //lan// or //internet_wire// or //whatever// to each ''ifname''-variable for every device and then this name is consistently used through the entire UCI configuration. But this can only be used in conjunction with UCI!| |
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| ===== OpenWrt default configuration ===== | ===== OpenWrt default configuration ===== |