On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 08:42:22AM -0300, Derek Broughton wrote: > From: "charles yoo" <me@charlesyoo.com> > > > I should have written /etc/network/interfaces. > > > > In reading a few things on the net, a lot of people suggested to have the > > autho eth0 commented out. This is for a laptop. I'm coming from redhat, > > and once dhcp is set, you can more or less leave it that way. > > > You're misreading. iirc, the inspiron 8200 has a built-in (PCI) network > interface. The advice about commenting out 'auto' in /etc/network/interfaces is > for pcmcia/cardbus interfaces, where eth0 will be 'ifup'ed by pcmcia or hotplug. > You can use auto for a PCI interface. > Inspiron 8100 here running Debian stable. Put this into your /etc/networking/interfaces: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8) # The loopback interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # Ethernet Card (Adresse von Pfau) # (Netz AET) #auto eth0 #iface eth0 inet dhcp auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 123.456.789.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 123.456.789.1 # WLAN-Karte #auto eth1 iface eth1 inet dhcp hostname host.on-wlan.comorg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Of course, replace values with your settings. The NIC is allways configured at boot time, the wlan (pcmcia)-card only, when put in. Greetings from the Baltic Sea, -- Karsten Rothemund, Institut f. Allgemeine Elektrotechnik, Universitaet Rostock Tel.: +49 (0)381 498 3649 E-Mail: karsten.rothemund@etechnik.uni-rostock.de (PGP- and GnuPG-Key available on my HomePage: http://www-ae.e-technik.uni-rostock.de/home/karo/)
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