Re: Network config easy question

[Terry Boon <terry@counterfactual.org>]

On Mon, Dec 25, 2000 at 02:27:53PM -0800, Robin Rowe wrote:
> Dumb question, how do I set the IP address, netmask, gateway, and dns host
> on Debian? The docs say that I should edit a file named 'network' but I
> don't find any such file.

/etc/network/interfaces is where you may want to look.  Here's mine as
an example (with one ethernet card):

   # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)

   # The loopback interface
   iface lo inet loopback

   # The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian
   # installation
   # (network, broadcast and gateway are optional)
   iface eth0 inet static
	   address 172.16.0.2
	   netmask 255.255.255.0
	   network 172.16.0.0
	   broadcast 172.16.0.255
   #	gateway 172.16.0.1

As an earlier respondent said, "man interfaces" is useful.

DNS hosts are specified in /etc/resolv.conf.  "man resolv.conf" is
useful here.

-- 
Terry Boon, Hertfordshire, UK
terry@counterfactual.org