Re: Problems with migration from pppoe to dhcp-client (router) for internet access
On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 03:05:21PM -0800, eric brown wrote:
> --- Mark Roach <mrroach@okmaybe.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 11:43, eric brown wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I just got a nice deal on a Barricade router for
> > my
> > > home network.
> > >
> > > I try to get my internet connection to work with
> > > dhcp-client. I was using pppoe before with no
> > > problem. I have no problem accessing the internet
> > > from my winxP and OsX boxes with the router using
> > > automatic dhcp.
> >
> > [bunch of probably unnecessary stuff...]
> >
> > > Waht is the clean way of doing this internet
> > > configuration change?
> >
> > man interfaces
> >
> > you're going to want something like
> >
> > auto eth0
> > iface eth0 inet dhcp
> >
> > in your /etc/network/interfaces file
> > --
> > Mark Roach
>
> Thx,
>
> I had it to work by running dhclient as root. but I
> have to do this each time I reboot my system.
>
> My/etc/network/interfaces looks like this (it is
> overwritten each time I run dhclient):
>
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
>
> now, how do I make the connection available at startup
> and persistant?
>
Like noted in the message you replied to, you want to replace static
with dhcp for the interfaces you want dhcp to configure.
> Thx again,
>
> Eric
>
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