On Wed,23.Jul.08, 17:51:02, Vwaju wrote: > 13 #I added the following lines (following Linux System Admin p. 13) > 14 #netmask and network are guesses, because ISP RCN won't give info > 15 auto-eth0 > 16 iface eth0 inet static > 17 address 207.237.37.110 > 18 netmask 255.255.255.0 > 19 network 207.237.37.0 > > ifup eth0 reports: > > /etc/network/interfaces:15: option with empty value > ifup: couldn't read interfaces file "/etc/network/interfaces" Is this the entire file or did you omit something? > Because RCN has refused to give me the network IP address, netmask, > and gateway, I expect trouble configuring the interface. Any advice > you have about this is welcome. How are you supposed to configure it then, via DHCP? The netmask and network options are not mandatory, but without a gateway... You could try 207.237.37.1 or .254 for gateway. How did you get it to work before? Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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