Ren Weili <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > what is the diference between ifup and ifconfig?
ifconfig is a low-level tool you can use to bring an interface up or down, set its address/netmask/broadcast address, etc. ifup/ifdown are higher-level tools that parse /etc/network/interfaces and run ifconfig (and possibly other things) based on that. > how can ifconfig bring up eth0 use dhcp? It can't. ifup can, given a correct stanza in /etc/network/interfaces. You can use ifconfig to bring up eth0 with no address, and then use a DHCP client separately. But you almost certainly want to have the one line in /etc/network/interfaces that does this for you; see interfaces(5) and ifup(8) for details. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell
