manually specifying IP address

bd1308 · 08-31-2005, 10:07 PM

okay, I remembered looking at a /etc/interfaces file to specify a IP address manually....using subnet, router stuff, etc...

what syntax/entries do i need for this to work?

b

HappyTux · 08-31-2005, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bd1308
okay, I remembered looking at a /etc/interfaces file to specify a IP address manually....using subnet, router stuff, etc...

what syntax/entries do i need for this to work?

b

Code:

>$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.0.1
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        network 192.168.0.0
        broadcast 192.168.0.255
        gateway 192.168.0.254
        # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
        dns-nameservers 24.222.0.66 24.222.0.91

The dns-nameservers is not necessary unless you have the resolvconf package installed if you do not then you need to put your nameservers in the file /etc/resolv.conf like this.

Code:

>$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 24.222.0.66
nameserver 24.222.0.91

Then use /etc/init.d/networking restart to restart networking with the new settings.

Half_Elf · 08-31-2005, 10:13 PM

from my /etc/network/interfaces (notice the bold, you aren't at the right place) :

Code:

iface eth4 inet static
address 192.168.1.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1

bd1308 · 08-31-2005, 10:18 PM

okay thanks!

network!!
makes sense now

bd1308 · 08-31-2005, 10:27 PM

did it and it worked! thanks people!