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Re: very simple lan question



this is the first time i've looked at my /etc/network/interfaces file
and everything is commented out.  currently i configure my network
interfaces from /etc/init.d/network.  if i set my network from
/etc/network/interfaces does this mean that i can remove
/etc/init.d/network?  what is the preferred way of configuring the
network?


On Sat, Aug 26, 2000 at 04:38:53PM -0700, Aaron Maxwell wrote:
> Hi, I have two boxes (one woody, one potato) with ethernet cards,
> connected by a RJ45 cable.  I'd like to be able to ssh/sftp betwixt them. 
> 
> [I admit I don't grok networking much yet (that's partly why I'm doing
> this, to learn).  I've mainly been reading the Net-HOWTO and the man pages
> for ifconfig, if(up|down), route, and references therein; let me know if
> there's another FM I should RT.]
> 
> I've given the two boxes, 'leper-messiah' [1] and 'yomama', which I've
> given addresses 192.168.0.0 and 192.168.0.1 resp; and I've edited
> /etc/hosts on each box appropriately.   The file
> 'leper-messiah:/etc/network/interfaces' contains the stanza
>   iface eth0 inet static
>       address  192.168.0.0
>       netmask 255.255.255.0
> The file 'yomama:/etc/network/interfaces' contains this stanza
>   iface eth0 inet static
>       address  192.168.0.1
>       netmask 255.255.255.0
> I've gotten the eth0 interface working fine (I think) on both.  For
> example, on yomama, 'ifconfig eth0' yields
> yomama:~# ifconfig eth0
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:C0:F0:47:A9:A1  
>           inet addr:192.168.0.1  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 
>           Interrupt:11 Base address:0xdc00 
> I've enabled the appropriate services in /etc/services on both machines,
> I'm pretty certain, so I don't believe that's the problem.
> 
> I tried various manipulations of the routing table, but they didn't seem
> to help.  I'm not sure what other info is useful, so please ask.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> Aaron
> 
> [1] 'Leper Messiah' is an old Metallica song, from before they sucked.
> 
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 is because you do not really understand 
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