docs: Add networking page - #266
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using ip addr instead of ifconfig looks good, i see systemd, hostctl too, if it is fully using modern linux utils, it is approved by me.
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Kuiper networking was undocumented apart from the SSH and VNC access steps in use-kuiper-image. Add a networking page covering the default configuration, DHCP, direct board-to-PC connections, static addressing, Wi-Fi, hostname and mDNS discovery, and IIO over the network. eth0 tries DHCP for 5 seconds and falls back to a link-local address, so connecting a board straight to a PC needs no configuration at all. Static addressing is described through nmcli, with the enable_static_ip.sh and enable_dhcp.sh helper scripts documented alongside it. Move the hostname and MAC section out of use-kuiper-image, since hostname is what drives mDNS discovery. Signed-off-by: Alisa-Dariana Roman <alisa.roman@analog.com> Assisted-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Kuiper networking was undocumented apart from the SSH and VNC access steps in use-kuiper-image. Add a networking page covering the default configuration and the common tasks around it: DHCP, direct board-to-PC connections, static addressing, Wi-Fi, hostname and mDNS discovery, reaching IIO devices over the network, and troubleshooting.
Document the two NetworkManager profiles installed by 03.system-tweaks/04.network-tweaks. eth0 tries DHCP for 5 seconds and falls back to a link-local address, so connecting a board straight to a PC needs no configuration at all. Static addressing is described through nmcli, as the image is managed entirely by NetworkManager.
Move the hostname and MAC section out of use-kuiper-image, since hostname is what drives mDNS discovery, and cross-reference the first-boot access steps that stay there.
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