[EMAIL PROTECTED] (enantiomer) writes:
> Recently I looked into setting up my laptop so that it could switch
> between static and dhcp. I looked at an article on this group and
> tried the suggestion and it didn't work. I restored my interfaces
> file back to normal (i had commented out what I had put in before) and
> thought all would be well, but now it doesn't seem to like even my old
> static ip network anymore.
Well, first off:
> # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)
> iface eth0 inet dynamic
The last word of that line wants to be "static" or "dhcp", probably in
your case "static"; see interfaces(5) or the example in
/usr/share/doc/ifupdown. You should get an error message if you run
'ifup eth0' by hand.
> Is there any sort of reconfig tool for the network in debian?
> Anybody see what might be wrong? Also, what is the best way to be
> able to switch between static and dhcp for me?
My laptop's /etc/network/interfaces file looks very loosely like
iface eth0 inet dhcp
iface net-home inet static
address 192.168.1.3
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255
gateway 192.168.1.1
So at boot time, the network will try to come up (via ifplugd, but
that's a detail) and get DHCP. If I know I want a static address
instead, I can do 'ifdown eth0; ifup eth0=net-home' to use a different
set of network parameters.
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