On 4/18/06, Avraham Rosenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 08:53:52PM +0300, Gil Freund wrote: > > On 4/17/06, Avraham Rosenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > # The primary network interface > > > auto eth0 > > > iface eth0 inet static > > > address 0.0.0.0 > > > netmask 255.255.255.0 > > > network 0.0.0.0 > > > broadcast 0.0.0.255 > > > # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if > > > installed > > > dns-search bezeqint.net > > > > How about : > > > > iface eth0 inet manual > > up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up > > down /sbin/ifconfig eth0 down > > > Good morning Gil and Shachar and thanks for the answers. > > Gil: I was looking for a way to get a working ADSL connection from the > Debian installer, which only offers the possibilities of > configuring eth0 with DHCP, or with a fixed IP address, or not to > configure it at all. The interfaces file can be modified at a > later stage, when the system is fully functional. > I do not understand well enough the way this file works to tell > off-hand if your suggestion is kosher, but it does not hurt to > try. I intend to do it.
Right. I failed to see that you were talking about the *Installer*. > Shachar: It's Pesach. No wonder that you have overlooked what I > wrote in my previous postings. In my case, (I wish I knew why) I > found out that if eth0 is not up, the command "pon dsl-provider" > does not start the ppp connection. Asking what happened (plog), > the answer is that the net is down, or something like that. The > interfaces file quoted, is as the installer built it. > > Cheers, Avraham > > ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
