On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 18:53:15 +0000, Dr. David Kirkby
<drkirkby@medphys.ucl.ac.uk> wrote:
Hi,
I installed a system on a company network with a fixed IP
(213.78.42.115), but recently bought a small router. The PC will now
have to use the router as the default route, and I will make the IP
private.
The following commands do what I want
# ifconfig eth0 192.168.123.1 netname 255.255.255.0 # set my IP to
192.168.123.1
# route add default gw 192.168.123.254
But how do I set this to happen automatically? I changed the IP in
/etc/hosts, and had an attempt at changing /etc/gateways, but clearly
not successfully, as the routing does work after a reboot - I need to
type these commands again.
Try this:
edit the file: /etc/network/interfaces
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.123.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.123.0
broadcast 192.168.123.255
gateway 192.168.123.254
and than: /etc/init.d/network restart
Jonathan Colaço - Jc