On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 05:51:17PM +0100, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote:
> I need to set my static IP address on startup to x.y.z.141. 
> My router is on x.y.z.1
> My network is on x.y.z.0
> 
> I'm confused about what I should be writing in the interfaces file.
> ifup gives the error: 
>     "/etc/network/interfaces: too many parameters for iface line"
>     
> for the line below.
> 
> iface eth0 inet static address 194.159.148.141 netmask 255.255.255.0 
> 
> Please help!

need to break that into separate lines--

        iface eth0 inet static
                address 192.168.1.1
                netmask 255.255.0.0
                network 192.168.1.0
                broadcast 192.168.1.255
                # gateway xx.yy.zz.qq

man interfaces

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