README.EoE
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This file shall give additional information on how to set up a network
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environment with Ethernet over EtherCAT devices.
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A virtual network interface will appear for every EoE-capable slave. The
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interface naming scheme is either eoeXsY, where X is the master index and Y is
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the slave's ring position, or (if the slave has an alias set) eoeXaZ, where Z
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is the (decimal) alias address. Please provide a network configuration file for
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any of these interfaces. On SUSE systems, these can look like the following:
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/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eoe0s14:
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IPADDRESS=10.0.0.14/8
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STARTMODE=auto
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This will tell the ifupd to configure and open the device after it appears.
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If the interfaces shall be part of a network bridge, the IPADDRESS line is not
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necessary. Instead, copy the file script/ifup-eoe.sh to your systems if-up.d
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directory (on SUSE, this is /etc/sysconfig/network/if-up.d), and customize the
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included variables.
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