Re: Correct place for networking commands in Debian?

[André Carezia <andre@carezia.eng.br>]

Anthony Campbell wrote:

> To set up my ADSL router I have to do:
>
>  ifconfig eth0  192.168.1.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 up
>  route add default gw 192.168.1.2 eth0
>
>
> Where is the correct Debian place to put these - /etc/network/interfaces
> perhaps, or should they go in rc.local?
Add this to /etc/network/interfaces:

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
       address 192.168.1.1
       netmask 255.0.0.0
       gateway 192.168.1.2

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André Carezia
Eng. de Telecomunicações
Carezia Consultoria - www.carezia.eng.br