On Tue 16 Oct 2018 at 23:00:17 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > Hi, > > Brian Potkin <claremont...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Please have a look at > > > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2018/10/msg00438.html > > > > and its followup > > > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2018/10/msg00448.html > > > > Could changes to advice for /e/n/i and /etc/hosts be considered? > > Getting some sort of a patch for this would speed up the process ...
This is for D.3.4.4. Configure Networking. ============8<==================================8<======================= ####################################################################### # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8) # See the interfaces(5) manpage for information on what options are # available and look at the files in /usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples/. ####################################################################### # The loopback interface isn't really required any longer, # but can be used if needed. # # auto lo # iface lo inet loopback # To use dhcp: # # auto eth0 # iface eth0 inet dhcp # An example static IP setup: (network, broadcast and gateway are optional) # # auto eth0 # iface eth0 inet static # address 192.168.0.42 # netmask 255.255.255.0 # gateway 192.168.0.1 Enter your nameserver(s) and search directives in /etc/resolv.conf: # editor /etc/resolv.conf A simple example /etc/resolv.conf: search example.com nameserver 10.1.1.36 nameserver 192.168.9.100 ==================8<======================8<======================== I hope this is reasonably helpful and sufficient for you to make a decision. Regards, Brian.
