Re: Network static howto

[Matej Cepl <ceplm@seznam.cz>]

Steve Kemp wrote:

> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
>     address 192.168.1.100
>     netmask 255.255.255.0
>     broadcast 192.168.1.255
>     gateway 192.168.1.1

IIRC, netmask and broadcast are not needed when default -- ifup guesses them
from C type IP address.

Matěj

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