Re: simple networking problem - bringing up eth0 correctly

["Dale Welch" <mlist@babbler.org>]

To explain better:
> 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
i need to have that configured automatically during start-up and i need my
dns to work.

just found my dns problem... in resolv.conf i had "name server" instead of
nameserver --- dns now works.
but what is wrong with my interfaces... all help appreciated. :-)

my resolv.conf:
   domain babbler.org
   search babbler.org
   nameserver 4.2.2.1

interfaces:
  auto eth0
  iface eth0 inet static
  address  192.168.1.51
  network 192.168.1.0
  gateway 192.168.1.254

---dale