Hi, I refer you to the following letter, which might be of interest to you in regards to configuring the network in a debian linux system.
---- > > Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 22:15:48 +0200 > To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org (debian-devel) > From: Massimo Dal Zotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: better /etc/init.d/network > > Hi, > > The /etc/init.d/network script created by the debian installation is very > simple and not flexible enough if you need to manage complex networks with > many interfaces. > > I have written a generic network interface management command, net, which > can be used to start/stop/show/configure network interfaces, and a smarter > replacement for the /etc/init.d/network script. > > The net command makes use of configuration files stored in /etc/network/ > which contain the various interface options. For example my eth0 is: > > # /etc/network/eth0 > IPADDR=192.168.0.1 > NETMASK=255.255.255.0 > NETWORK=192.168.0.0 > BROADCAST=192.168.0.255 > GATEWAY=192.168.0.1 > > The command can be used in the following ways (more info in the man page): > > # Start the network, typically from init(8) > net start > > # Start some specific interfaces > net start eth0 eth1:0 > > # Start an interface with command-line options > net start -i eth0 -a 192.168.1.1 -n 192.168.1.0 \ > -b 192.168.1.255 -m 255.255.255.0 > > # Stop all the interfaces, typically from init(8) > net stop > > # Stop some specific interfaces > net stop lo eth0 > > # Restart the network > net restart > > # Restart a specific interface > net restart eth1 > > # Show network status > net status > > # Same as above (default action) > net > > # Show the status of a specific interface > net status eth1 > > # Create or modify an interface configuration file > net config eth0 > > The advantage is that you can now start/stop specific interfaces with simple > commands using predefined configs, while the old script could only be used > to start the entire network and couldn't stop or restart it or part of it. > > The new /etc/init.d/network script just calls the /usr/sbin/net command, > which does all the real work, with the proper args, just start or stop, and > all the configuration options are now stored as separate config files. > > The package can be installed over an slink system because the preinst script > can convert automatically the old network file to the new eth0 config. > > The package is available at the following location: > > http://www.cs.unitn.it/~dz/debian/net_1.0-1_all.deb > > Please have a look and see if it can added to the main debian distribution. > > -- > Massimo Dal Zotto > > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Massimo Dal Zotto email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | Via Marconi, 141 phone: ++39-0461534251 | > | 38057 Pergine Valsugana (TN) www: http://www.cs.unitn.it/~dz/ | > | Italy pgp: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---- -Jim
