[FE training-materials-updates] Add details about setting netmask and gateway

Michael Opdenacker michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com
Tue Oct 9 09:58:31 CEST 2012


Repository : git://git.free-electrons.com/training-materials.git

On branch  : master
Link       : http://git.free-electrons.com/training-materials/commit/?id=df0d6cf9e46cc96c5d3b83aa57273e541b65bf91

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commit df0d6cf9e46cc96c5d3b83aa57273e541b65bf91
Author: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com>
Date:   Tue Oct 9 09:48:01 2012 +0200

    Add details about setting netmask and gateway


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df0d6cf9e46cc96c5d3b83aa57273e541b65bf91
 .../kernel-module-environment.tex                  |    6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/labs/kernel-module-environment/kernel-module-environment.tex b/labs/kernel-module-environment/kernel-module-environment.tex
index acde600..ce0c3aa 100644
--- a/labs/kernel-module-environment/kernel-module-environment.tex
+++ b/labs/kernel-module-environment/kernel-module-environment.tex
@@ -191,7 +191,11 @@ Select the new wired network connection:
 In the \code{IPv4 Settings} tab, make the interface use a static IP
 address, like \code{192.168.0.1} (of course, make sure that this address
 belongs to a separate network segment from the one of the main company
-network):
+network). You will also need to specify the local network mask
+(\emph{netmask}, often \code{255.255.255.0}). You can keep the
+\code{Gateway} field empty (don't click put the cursor inside the
+corresponding text box, otherwise it will ask for a legal value)
+or set it to \code{0.0.0.0}:
 
 \begin{center}
 \includegraphics[width=8cm]{labs/kernel-module-environment/network-config-3.png}



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