Re: setting gateway IP from command line
Check out route. The command should be something like "route add default gw IPaddressofgateway" (this is off the top of my head, so might not be 100% correct)
You can see the current route by "route" or "route -n" to see it without the machine names resolved. Once you have that, edit /etc/network/interfaces to something like this:
iface eth0 inet static
address XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
netmask 255.255.255.0
network XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
broadcast XXX.XXX.XXX.255
gateway XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
...and then do "ifdown -a ; ifup -a" to restart the interfaces.
abramo@speakeasy.net wrote:
> I'm sure this is a very basic question but I have zero experience with debian. I work at a computer shop and we installed debian on a pair of new machines for a customer. He needs to assign an IP and gateway to one of them and could not figure out how to do it so he brought the machines back to us and begged. We are basically a windows only house. I'm the only linux user and all of my experience is with mandrake and slackware. I've always used X in both and there is no X on this machine.
>
> I just need the command name and I can do it from there.
>
> Thanks all!
>
> Abe
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