On Sat 07 May 2011 at 16:06:30 +0100, AG wrote: > # The primary network interface > allow-hotplug eth0 > iface eth0 inet static > #iface eth0 inet dhcp > address 192.168.1.40 # I have manually specified this > netmask 255.255.255.0 Something and nothing. From interfaces(5) > Lines starting with `#' are ignored. Note that end-of-line comments are > NOT supported, comments must be on a line of their own.