On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 10:49:35AM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * Antti Tolamo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011008 16:37]: > > > > I don't think you need more than network(in this case 192.168.0.0) > > and define gateway to DSL router. I'm not sure what 'auto eth0' does, > > I atleast don't have it with my DSL connection. > > auto eth0 specifies that eth0 should be brought up automatically at > system boot. This is done by the call to 'ifup -a' in > /etc/init.d/networking.
Note however that "auto eth0" is only valid syntax in /etc/network/interfaces in testing and later ... in potato, it is not valid. This jumped up and bit me the other day as I helped a friend set up a potato-based firewall. -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Patton
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