Re: simple networking problem - bringing up eth0 correctly

[Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.dyndns.org>]

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On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 12:44:05AM -0800, Dale Welch wrote:
> if i manually do the following commands i can get out on my network
>    ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.50 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
>    route add default gw 192.168.1.254

Edit /etc/network/interfaces instead, then /etc/init.d/networking restart

> i also seem to be not setting up for dns... how do i set that up? (can't
> resolv names)

Edit /etc/resolv.conf, check the manual (resolv.conf(5))

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