Handbook:Parts/Networking/Introduction/en

Getting started
To get started configuring the network card, tell the Gentoo RC system about it. This is done by creating a symbolic link from to  (or whatever the network interface name is on the system) in.

Gentoo's RC system now knows about that interface. It also needs to know how to configure the new interface. All the network interfaces are configured in. Below is a sample configuration for DHCP and static addresses.

Now that the interface is configured, we can start and stop it using the following commands:

Now that the network interface has been successfully stopped and started, the next step is to have it started when Gentoo boots. Here's how to do this.