Configuring a management network device
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Create the file /etc/hostname.rl1 with the following content:

inet 10.10.10.1 255.255.255.0 NONE

To activate this interface immediately you would have to type
ifconfig rl1 10.10.10.1 netmask 255.255.255.0, otherwise you will have to reboot the machine or run sh /etc/netstart. You can obviously choose a different IP address if you would like, just make sure you choose one that is from a private IP range so it is not accessible from the Internet.

Usually you would now also configure the files
 /etc/mygate, /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf but we will refrain from editing these now.