The /etc/network/interfaces file is new starting with potato, while previous releases used /etc/init.d/network. Although /etc/network/interfaces would now be considered the "preferred Debian way", I don't know of any reason why you can't continue to use the old method if you want.
Of course if you try using /etc/network/interfaces, you'll want to disable or comment out the other file. Tom Patrick Dahiroc wrote: > > this is the first time i've looked at my /etc/network/interfaces file > and everything is commented out. currently i configure my network > interfaces from /etc/init.d/network. if i set my network from > /etc/network/interfaces does this mean that i can remove > /etc/init.d/network? what is the preferred way of configuring the > network? > > On Sat, Aug 26, 2000 at 04:38:53PM -0700, Aaron Maxwell wrote: > > Hi, I have two boxes (one woody, one potato) with ethernet cards, > > connected by a RJ45 cable. I'd like to be able to ssh/sftp betwixt them. > > > > [I admit I don't grok networking much yet (that's partly why I'm doing > > this, to learn). I've mainly been reading the Net-HOWTO and the man pages > > for ifconfig, if(up|down), route, and references therein; let me know if > > there's another FM I should RT.] > > > > I've given the two boxes, 'leper-messiah' [1] and 'yomama', which I've > > given addresses 192.168.0.0 and 192.168.0.1 resp; and I've edited > > /etc/hosts on each box appropriately. The file > > 'leper-messiah:/etc/network/interfaces' contains the stanza > > iface eth0 inet static > > address 192.168.0.0 > > netmask 255.255.255.0 > > The file 'yomama:/etc/network/interfaces' contains this stanza > > iface eth0 inet static > > address 192.168.0.1 > > netmask 255.255.255.0 > > I've gotten the eth0 interface working fine (I think) on both. For > > example, on yomama, 'ifconfig eth0' yields > > yomama:~# ifconfig eth0 > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:F0:47:A9:A1 > > inet addr:192.168.0.1 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > TX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 > > Interrupt:11 Base address:0xdc00 > > I've enabled the appropriate services in /etc/services on both machines, > > I'm pretty certain, so I don't believe that's the problem. > > > > I tried various manipulations of the routing table, but they didn't seem > > to help. I'm not sure what other info is useful, so please ask. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > Aaron
