Networking

Retro Rocket includes basic networking support so you can connect to the internet and use network-enabled programs.

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Network Drivers

• The network driver is loaded in the boot script /programs/init.
• By default, Retro Rocket loads the e1000 driver, which also supports the Intel 82541PI chipset.
• On an installed system, you can freely edit /programs/init (using the edit command) to change which driver is loaded.

For most users the default works automatically.

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Network Configuration

Once the network driver has been initialised, the system reads its configuration from:

/system/config/network.conf

This file controls how your machine identifies itself and how it connects.

Example: Default configuration

# Retro Rocket Network Configuration
# ----------------------------------
#
# This file is read by the network system once a network interface card has
# been initialised.
#
# The loopback interface (127.0.0.1) is always available and does not need
# to be configured here.
#
# At present only a single physical network card is supported. The first
# kernel module that successfully initialises a NIC takes precedence.
 
# Hostname of the machine
hostname retrorocket
 
# IPv4 address of the machine in dotted notation, or the literal value 'dhcp'
ip dhcp
 
# One or more IPv4 DNS server addresses, comma-separated, or 'dhcp'
dns dhcp
 
# Default gateway IPv4 address in dotted notation, or 'dhcp'
gateway dhcp
 
# IPv4 network mask in dotted notation, or 'dhcp'
netmask dhcp

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Notes

• By default, Retro Rocket uses DHCP for IP, DNS, gateway, and netmask.
• You can replace dhcp with fixed values if you want a static configuration.
• Only one network card is supported. The first successfully initialised driver is used.
• The loopback interface 127.0.0.1 is always present for local networking and testing.