NAME
network-quick-start - Quick Start Guide for Networking
DESCRIPTION
The network(8) is a very powerful command that allows you to configure the entire networking stack. Unfortunately that makes it quite complicated to use as well.
This guide tries to be a good starting point to set up basic networking with the network command.
Adding an Uplink Zone
The first step is to create a new uplink zone with name upl0.
This zone will be of the network-zone-bridge(8) type which is the default for all local networks.
# network zone new upl0 bridge
The zone will be created and brought up immediately.
Attaching Ports
To connect the zone to the physical world outside of our box we will need to attach ports to the zone. That is done with a single command. To execute this command, we will need to know which ports are available. One of the easiest way to find out about that is to use the auto-completion feature of the shell like this:
# network zone upl0 port attach [TAB] [TAB]
That will list all not yet attached ports. The following command will actually attach the port (which is p0 in this example).
# network zone upl0 port attach p0
You can as well get a list of all detected devices, zones and ports by running:
# network device list
To a zone of the bridge type you may attach more than just one port if you wish to.
IP Connectivity
After a zone has been created and ports have been attached, you are now able to add IP connectivity.
The easiest way to do that is using DHCP which can be enabled by this simple command:
# network zone upl0 config new dhcp
Debugging
You may see the current status of the network by running this command:
# network status
The entire network can be restarted by running:
# network restart
AUTHORS
Michael Tremer