Re: Networking Q concerning /etc/network/interfaces
On Sun 12 Feb 2012 at 19:32:31 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:08:11 +0000, Brian wrote:
>
> > In the post you responded to there is:
> >
> > I have connected something to the other ethernet port now ... and so
> > ifconfig -a reports (with me doing nothing special but having
> > rebooted):
> >
> > and
> >
> > both have received a dns served address (the one ending 42 is hard
> > coded at the router by MAC. The range 100-150 is left for misc).
>
> Yes, I already read it but when he said "the other ethernet port" I
> thought he was referring to "eth1", of course, because there's no mistery
> otherwise.
"the other ethernet port" is ambiguous but the second statement and the
ifconfig output make it clearer.
Who wants mystery? A clear statement of the perceived problem would be
sufficient. Rebooting has altered the previous network settings and it
is not certain we are dealing with the same situation as originally
described.
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