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author | Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> | 2013-03-31 23:57:17 +0000 |
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committer | Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> | 2013-03-31 23:57:17 +0000 |
commit | 90879fb97a973998de8570aa02430afa90b5a313 (patch) | |
tree | cb3f111d9d7d4e36e6d0825a878b03a2002b4041 /en/boot-installer/parameters.xml | |
parent | c52cb871fe3bd10e1ef615fb4395a1d68527b4a2 (diff) | |
download | installation-guide-90879fb97a973998de8570aa02430afa90b5a313.zip |
Document that IPv6 autoconfiguration is disabled along DHCP
Diffstat (limited to 'en/boot-installer/parameters.xml')
-rw-r--r-- | en/boot-installer/parameters.xml | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml b/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml index 1c7ec8826..5d3ea47a0 100644 --- a/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml +++ b/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml @@ -287,16 +287,16 @@ designed for visually impaired users. Set the theme by booting with <listitem><para> By default, the &d-i; automatically probes for network configuration -via DHCP. If the probe succeeds, you won't have a chance to review and +via IPv6 autoconfiguration and DHCP. If the probe succeeds, you won't have a chance to review and change the obtained settings. You can get to the manual network setup -only in case the DHCP probe fails. +only in case the automatic configuration fails. </para><para> -If you have a DHCP server on your local network, but want to avoid it -because e.g. it gives wrong answers, you can use the parameter -<userinput>netcfg/disable_autoconfig=true</userinput> to prevent configuring -the network with DHCP and to enter the information manually. +If you have an IPv6 router or a DHCP server on your local network, but want to avoid them +because e.g. they give wrong answers, you can use the parameter +<userinput>netcfg/disable_autoconfig=true</userinput> to prevent any automatic +configuration of the network (neither v4 nor v6) and to enter the information manually. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -519,8 +519,8 @@ Examples of optional components that may be useful are <term>netcfg/disable_autoconfig</term> <listitem><para> -Set to <userinput>true</userinput> if you want to disable DHCP and instead -force static network configuration. +Set to <userinput>true</userinput> if you want to disable IPv6 autoconfiguration +and DHCP and instead force static network configuration. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> |