Network
Network configuration in Void Linux can be done in several ways. The default installation comes with the dhcpcd(8) service enabled.
Interface Names
Newer versions of udev(7) no longer use the
traditional Linux naming scheme for interfaces (eth0, eth1, wlan0, ...).
This behavior can be reverted by adding net.ifnames=0 to the kernel
cmdline.
Static Configuration
A simple way to configure a static network at boot is to add the necessary
ip(8) commands to the /etc/rc.local file:
ip link set dev eth0 up
ip addr add 192.168.1.2/24 brd + dev eth0
ip route add default via 192.168.1.1
Bridge Interfaces
To configure bridge interfaces at boot, the /etc/rc.local file can be used to
run ip(8) commands to add the bridge br0 and
set it as the master for the eth0 interface as example:
ip link add name br0 type bridge
ip link set eth0 master br0
ip link set eth0 up
dhcpcd
To run dhcpcd(8) on all interfaces, enable
the dhcpcd service.
To run dhcpcd only on a specific interface, copy the dhcpcd-eth0 service and
modify it to match your interface:
$ ip link show
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: enp3s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff brd ff:ff:ff:f
# cp -R /etc/sv/dhcpcd-eth0 /etc/sv/dhcpcd-enp3s0
# sed -i 's/eth0/enp3s0/' /etc/sv/dhcpcd-enp3s0/run
# ln -s /etc/sv/dhcpcd-enp3s0 /var/service/
For more information on configuring dhcpcd, refer to
dhcpcd.conf(5)
Wireless
Before using wireless networking, use rfkill(8) to check whether the relevant interfaces are soft- or hard-blocked.
Void provides several ways to connect to wireless networks: