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@@ -45,15 +45,17 @@ device:
| | | any directly visible subnet. May be set |
| | | automatically by DHCP. |
+------------------------------+--------------+------------------------------------------------+
-| global.net.server | hostname or | The default server. If unspecified, may be set |
-| | ipv4 address | by DHCP |
+| global.net.server | hostname or | The default server used by the defaultenv boot |
+| | ipv4 address | scripts for NFS and TFTP; see |
+| | | :ref:`booting_linux_net`. |
+| | | If unspecified, may be set by DHCP. |
+------------------------------+--------------+------------------------------------------------+
| global.net.nameserver | ipv4 address | The DNS server used for resolving host names. |
-| | | May be set by DHCP |
+| | | May be set by DHCP. |
+------------------------------+--------------+------------------------------------------------+
| global.net.ifup_force_detect | boolean | Set to true if your network device is not |
| | | detected automatically during start (i.e. for |
-| | | USB network adapters) |
+| | | USB network adapters). |
+------------------------------+--------------+------------------------------------------------+
The first step for networking is configuring the network device. The network