On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 12:32:27AM +0200, Aryan Ameri wrote: > Hi there: > > Untill now, I only got online using a dial up connection. Now i am going to > dormitory, and in order to get online I have to connect to my dormitory's > LAN. I can setup the network using the following two commands: > > ifconfig eth0 my.ip.add.ress up > route add default gw my.gw.ip.address > > but it is so frustrating to issue these commands whenever I reboot my > computer. I know there are ways to automate this proccess and there are > progrms which setup the network on each boot. But I am not able to find out > how. Can anyone please help?
Edit: /etc/network/interfaces Mine on my lan: # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8) # The loopback interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian installation # (network, broadcast and gateway are optional) auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.1.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 gateway 192.168.1.1 -- ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ +++++ Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cupertino CA USA, GPG-key: A8061F32 .''`. Debian Reference: post-installation user's guide for non-developers : :' : http://qref.sf.net and http://people.debian.org/~osamu `. `' "Our Priorities are Our Users and Free Software" --- Social Contract -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]