how to put ifconfig in startup script?

[keng@hybrid.com]

Hello;

After messing up my XDM and essentially locking myself
out of my system for a while, I have become interested
in setting up my ethernet card from a startup script.

Does one put the ifconfig and route statements in the usual
rc.inet1 and reference it somehow from rc6.d, or what?

I appreciate any suggestions here; the NET-2 HOWTO seems to be 
geared toward the Slackware kind of system.

Thanks!