[newbie] Setting up network

[Aryan Ameri <a.ameri@linuxiran.org>]

Hi there:

Untill now, I only got online using a dial up connection. Now i am going to 
dormitory, and in order to get online I have to connect to my dormitory's 
LAN. I can setup the network using the following two commands:

ifconfig eth0 my.ip.add.ress up
route add default gw my.gw.ip.address

but it is so frustrating to issue these commands whenever I reboot my 
computer. I know there are ways to automate this proccess and there are 
progrms which setup the network on each boot. But I am not able to find out 
how. Can anyone please help?

Cheers
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 Evil and Possess your Box  before the beast 
 that has been unleashed upon you"
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Aryan