I will look into numbers 1 and 3 for you this weekend and post a bug
fix.
For number 2 there should be a command that you can run,
svmNetworkSetup.sh
The svmNetworkSetup.sh should walk you through configuring the network
card. I had made a split in my paths on how I wanted to have people
configure the network settings so the web interface doesn't touch the
network settings anymore. I guess I should put that back so the
changes made in the web interface will stick.....Until then, just the
svmNetworkSetup.sh script which will allow you to configure your
network settings and they will stay past a reboot.