ifconfig

[john gennard <joney@clara.co.uk>]

Have been trying to use 'ifconfig' to configure a number of NICs as 
an alternative to 'etherconf'. 

Etherconf puts the configurations into /etc/network/interfaces, but 
I don't see where ifconfig puts them. Running 'ifconfig -a' shows the
eth0 and eth1 details if run shortly afterwards, but if run after 
rebooting it shows the details minus the inet address and the card 
is not usable.

Also, on one box I have an interface named 'dummy' and I've no idea 
where this has come from. 

Can anyone enlighten me on this? Also, could I create 
/etc/network/interfaces by hand in an editor as a third alternative.

Thanks,   john.