Arnt Karlsen <a...@iaksess.no> wrote: >> So I made my /etc/network/interfaces look like the following, which >> follows the guidelines of "man interfaces": >> >> ======================================= >> auto lo >> iface lo inet loopback >> >> allow-hotplug eth0 >> iface eth0 inet static >> address 192.168.0.199 > > ..could this be as simple as: > address 192.168.0.199/24 #??? It shouldn't be. > >> gateway 192.168.0.1 >> =======================================
No, in /etc/network/interfaces it needs a net mask line like this : > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet static > address 192.168.nnn.nnn > netmask 255.255.255.0 > gateway 192.168.nnn.nnn I usually use auto, but I believe for a "server" type setup then the effect is the same as allow-hotplug. Simon _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
