Re: Qs from a newbie (help ASAP?) (long)
Christian Pernegger wrote:
>
> On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 04:14:01PM +0000, Erin Lewy wrote:
> <snip>
>
> > So my question is, how do I set the static IP in such a way that it will actually
> > work? Permanently? ;) A swift response would really be appreciated as I have
> > to go deal with more networking and web server people relatively early in the
> > afternoon. I'm sorry I rambled so much
>
> Oh, that's ok. I always thought I was a bit on the rambling side :)
>
> You want to edit /etc/network/interfaces, read 'man interfaces'. A snippet
> from mine:
>
> iface eth0 inet static
> address 192.168.0.254
> netmask 255.255.255.0
>
> Do 'ifdown eth0'. Adjust the ip and netmask, do 'ifup eth0'. Edit /etc/hostname
> to contain the unqualified (???) hostname.
>
> That's basically what's needed, you'll have to set the domain somewhere...
>
> Christian
>
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Set you domain in /etc/resolv.conf
add:
search <your domain>
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