On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 10:43:16PM +0100, Barbara and Rory Campbell-Lange wrote:
> Will lots of help from this list I have configured the lo and eth0
> interfaces to load at system startup by correctly setting these up in the
> etc/network/interfaces file.
>
> How do I set up the general loopback network address 127.0.0.0?
>
> at the moment I am using the keyin
>
> route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 lo
>
> can I put this in etc/network/interfaces? or will the normally defined lo
> iface clash with this information?
note: this may be irrelevant, but it shouldn't reformat your hard
drive, if you're lucky. (are you feeling lucky?)
one thing i recommend to just about anybody who breathes on this
list is
apt-get install ipmasq
which will create some firewall rules and routing defaults based
on your network setup, as defined in /etc/network/interfaces.
it's not as secure as it could be, i hear, but it's a great
starting point.
here's my config, if it helps:
# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)
# loopback gizmo
iface lo inet loopback
# local intRAnet
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.1
netmask 255.255.0.0
network 192.168.1.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255
# connecting to the rest of the planet
iface eth1 inet static
address 208.33.90.85
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 208.33.90.0
broadcast 208.33.90.255
# gateway to the world == the cablemodem:
gateway 208.33.90.84
all other computers on my intRAnet point to 192.168.1.1 as their
default/gateway/router.
and don't forget to do
/etc/init.d/networking restart
after munging anything in /etc/network/interfaces
(i'm using potato, that's how it works for me).
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