Re: /etc/network/interfaces help please
On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 09:22:01AM +0100, Barbara and Rory Campbell-Lange wrote:
> On 9/4/01, debian-user-digest-request@lists.debian.org wrote:
>
> > > I'm confused about what I should be writing in the interfaces file.
> ..
> > > iface eth0 inet static address 194.159.148.141 netmask 255.255.255.0
>
> > need to break that into separate lines--
> >
> > iface eth0 inet static
> > address 192.168.1.1
> > netmask 255.255.0.0
> > network 192.168.1.0
> > broadcast 192.168.1.255
> > # gateway xx.yy.zz.qq
> >
> > man interfaces
>
> Thanks for the help, Will: that sorted it.
>
> I'm also having trouble setting the 127.0.0.0 lo net address. Can this be
> done in the interfaces file?
you mean
127.0.0.1
not
127.0.0.0
right?
in /etc/network/interfaces, just add this line:
iface lo inet loopback
and then
/etc/init.d/networking restart
should put you in business, unless something is really borked (in
which case i'll turn you over to someone who actually knows
what's going on).
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