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| global.net.nameserver | ipv4 address | The DNS server used for resolving host names. |
| | | 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) |
++------------------------------+--------------+------------------------------------------------+
The first step for networking is configuring the network device. The network
device is usually ``eth0``. The current configuration can be viewed with the