Re: Setting up network interfaces?

[Marc Shapiro <mshapiro@inetone.net>]

> On 07/10/02 Marc Shapiro did speaketh:
> 
> > Where do I set up these items so that they will be initialized at
> > bootup, instead of using dhcp?  It looks like I need to change
> > /etc/interfaces and possibly /etc/hosts, but I'm not sure just what I
> > need to change in these files.  Also, these files only seem to address
> > the IP address and the machine's hostname.  Where do I set the subnet
> > mask, gateway and DNS server numbers?  What HOWTO should I be checking
> > for all of this info?
> 
>     /etc/network/interfaces
> 
>     man interfaces
> 
>     Mike

Thanks, that gave me the details for the IP Address, Netmask and
Gateway.

Do I just add a line at the beginning of /etc/hosts in the format:

	10.100.xxx.xxx foo.domain.edu foo

and where do I set DNS numbers?

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