Networking :: When the network configuration tool does not work

while I am sure many have remastered DSL, there is quite a following that do not, yet have the advantage of many application extensions via the mydsl way. Their community made collection of extension applications are stored separately on a persistent store of their choosing. /opt is used quite extensively in that manner. With DSL and its fairly frequent updates, it would be a pain to remaster with each new release. That is another advantage of the mydsl way as "updates" to the core become trivial.

The overall question in this thread is a good one. I hope that the existence of some replies does not preclude others from trying to answer the essential question.
What are the scripts that drive the network configuration of an installed version of DSL?
I, like the original author, have plenty of HD space, but not enough RAM to go around. It is much more reasonable to install the distro.
I also want to change the Network configuration, but want to do so in a way that is consistent with the already running scripts.
Thanks.

original here.