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+.TH DRAKCONNECT 8 "17 November 2003" "drakxtools" "Linux Administrator's Manual"
+.SH NAME
+drakconnect \- configure network interfaces
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B "drakconnect"
+.br
+.B "drakconnect --skip-wizard"
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B Drakconnect
+is used to configure the network interfaces.
+
+Drakconnect handle ISDN, modems, xDSL, LAN as well as wirelles
+connexions.
+
+There's two main modes: the wizard mode and the "embedded in mcc" view
+(the manage interface=. In the wizard mode, drakconnect detect all
+network interfaces and offer to configure them.
+
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.B "\-\-del"
+Delete a network interface and all related files
+.B "\-\-expert"
+Expert mode; give access to more options (advanced options are show by
+default and some extra steps occured in the wizard)
+.TP
+.B "\-\-help"
+Display short description of drakconnect options
+.TP
+.B "\-\-skip-wizard"
+Enable or disable the use of the ARP protocol on this interface.
+.TP
+.B "\-\-testing"
+Do not do anything (for debugging purpose)
+.SH FILES
+.SS Name resolution
+.I /etc/sysconfig/network
+global network options (hostname, is networking enabled, default gateway)
+.br
+.I /etc/hosts
+hosts to IPs mapping
+.br
+.I /etc/resolv.conf
+domain, primary & secondary DNS
+.br
+.SS Kernel interfaces list
+.I /proc/net/dev
+network interfaces and their stats
+.br
+.I /proc/net/if_inet6
+the same for ipv6
+.br
+.I /sys/class/net/*/
+per network interface sysfs interface
+.br
+.SS Interfaces configuration
+.I /etc/modules.conf and /etc/modprobe.conf
+logical network interfaces (eg: ethX) to kernel driver mapping
+.br
+.I /etc/iftab
+enable to remap interfaces names depending on ARP or MAC addresses,
+kernel driver, ... (see
+.BR iftab (5)
+for further information)
+.br
+.I /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*
+per interface configuration (ip/network, ip discovery
+protocol, link notification support, ...) (see
+.BR ifcfg (8)
+for further information)
+.br
+.I /etc/profile.d/proxy.csh /etc/profile.d/proxy.sh
+proxy configuration
+.SS Profiles
+.I /etc/netprofile/
+the directory where profiles are saved
+.br
+.I /etc/netprofile/current
+this file hold the current profile name
+.br
+.I /etc/netprofile/list
+this file list the files to save in profiles
+.br
+.SS Peer
+.I /etc/ppp/options
+generic pppd options
+.br
+.I /etc/ppp/peers/ppp0
+pppd options for provider (ISP)
+.br
+.I /etc/ppp/pap-secrets and /etc/ppp/chap-secrets
+peer authentication data (login and passwords)
+.br
+.I /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf
+ppoe configuration file. see pppoe.conf(8)
+.SH BUGS
+.SH SEE ALSO
+arp(8), ethtool(8), ifcfg(5), ifconfig(8), ipchains(8), pppd(8), netstat(8), rarp(8), route(8),
+.SH AUTHORS
+Damien "Dam's" Krotkine,
+.br
+Damien Chaumette,
+.br
+Francois Pons,
+.br
+Thierry Vignaud <tvignaud@mandrakesoft.com>
+.br
+Olivier blin <blino@mandrakesoft.com>