On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 08:34:11AM -0800, enantiomer wrote: > > > iface eth0 inet dynamic
I overlooked this. It couldn't work, because... > ok, i was not being very observant and forgot to switch the 'dynamic' > word to 'static' when I got home to my static IP network. I still ... `dynamic' is an IPX method, not an IP (``inet'') one. ifup (version 0.6.4) shows the following errors when run & returns 1: % ifup /etc/network/interfaces:23: unknown method ifup: couldn't read interfaces file "/etc/network/interfaces" Please try out your config before posting, and mention/post the errors you encounter, if you are unable to work them out. > dont know how to make it so I can switch back and forth from static to > dhcp though. one way I have gathered is by switching the 'static' > word with 'dynamic' in my interfaces file and typing ifdown eth0 and > then ifup eth0 (I haven't tried that yet), but that seems like kind of See interfaces(5) for valid methods. > a hassle. Anyone know if that will work? Anyone know of a better > way? Thanks for the input, I haven't tried anything, but theoretically there are many ways to do this, ranging from Mobile-IP, and packages in Debian to facilitate IP configuration management for different environments, through running your own DHCP/friends server, to having two or more interfaces(5) interface names, and switching between them using ``ifdown eth0_static'' -> ``nameif eth0_dhcp <MACADDRESS>'' -> ``ifup eth0_dhcp'' (surely there are more elegant ways to do this, this is just a first approximation). HTH, Jan. -- Jan Minar "Please don't CC me, I'm subscribed." x 9
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