Re: how to ifup -a an addressless interface

[Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>]

Hi,

On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 09:18:33AM +0200, LEVAI Daniel wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Can I somehow just edit my interfaces file, so when I run ifup -a, it will 
> only bring up the device, without any addresses configured?
> (I can not use the static keyword, because then I must provide an address and 
> whatnot, and I can not use the manual keyword either, because then ifup won't 
> bring up the device).

Yes.  See "The manual Method" in interfaces(5).

You can learn basics from:

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch05.en.html

Osamu

PS:  It is least useful having interface up but without IP.  (There are
some exceptions such as PPPoE)