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@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ This screen allows you to set up your general network parameters
(hostname, domain name, DNS server, etc) as well as the settings for a
given interface (which was selected from the menu before this screen).
+PLIP/SLIP users - please read through to the end of this doc!
+
You can move through the fields with the TAB, BACK-TAB and RETURN
keys. To edit a field, use DELETE or BACKSPACE. You may also use ^A
(control-A) to go to the beginning of the line, ^E (control-E) to go
@@ -10,18 +12,21 @@ to go backward one character, ^D (control-D) to delete the character
under the cursor and ^K (control-K) to delete to the end of the line.
Basically, the standard EMACS motion sequences.
-The ``Extra options to ifconfig'' is kind of special (read: a hack :-).
+The "Extra options to ifconfig" field is kind of special (read: a
+hack :-):
+
+If you're running SLIP or PLIP, you also need to use it for specifying
+the remote end of the link (simply type the foreign IP address in).
-You can use it for specifying the foreign side of a PLIP or SLIP line
-(simply type the foreign address in) as well as selecting a given
-"link" on an ethernet card that has more than one (e.g. AUI, 10BT,
-10B2, etc). The following links are recognized:
+If you're dealing with an ethernet adaptor with multiple "link"
+connectors (e.g. AUI, 10BT, 10B2, etc), you can use this field to
+specify which one to use. The following links are recognized:
link0 - AUI * highest precedence
link1 - BNC
link2 - UTP * lowest precedence
That is to say that you can enter one of "link0", "link1" or "link2"
-into the `Extra options' field to select a different link.
+into this field to select a different link.
When you're done with this form, select OK.
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