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Re: setting a static ip for my lenny box



On Fri,29.May.09, 18:28:08, ghe wrote:
 
> Here's a known working interfaces file from my LAN:
 
Nitpick:

> # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
> # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
> 
> # The loopback network interface
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> 
> # The primary network interface
> allow-hotplug eth0
> auto eth0

You don't need both 'allow-hotplug' and 'auto'. If 'allow-hotplug' works 
use that, it will enable your interface only when active.

> iface eth0 inet static
> 	address 192.168.3.3
> 	netmask 255.255.255.0
> 	network 192.168.3.0
> 	broadcast 192.168.3.255
> 	gateway 192.168.3.1
> 	# dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
> 	dns-nameservers 192.168.2.30
> 	dns-search slsware.lan
> 
> Then reboot. It's possible to get eth0 to reconfig without a reboot, but
> I don't remember how...

ifdown eth0 ; ifup eth0

should do the trick.

Regards,
Andrei
-- 
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)

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