Jonathan Colaco wrote:
On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 18:53:15 +0000, Dr. David KirkbyThank you very much for that - and everyone else that replied. I had not seen your post before I see others mentioning /etc/network/interfaces, so edit that. so was not sure what to put for the broadcase, although since the original ended in .255, I went for that too.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi, I installed a system on a company network with a fixed IP (213.78.42.115), but recently bought a small router. The PC will now have to use the router as the default route, and I will make the IP private.
The following commands do what I want
# ifconfig eth0 192.168.123.1 netname 255.255.255.0 # set my IP to 192.168.123.1 # route add default gw 192.168.123.254
But how do I set this to happen automatically? I changed the IP in /etc/hosts, and had an attempt at changing /etc/gateways, but clearly not successfully, as the routing does work after a reboot - I need to type these commands again.
Try this:
edit the file: /etc/network/interfaces
auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.123.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.123.0 broadcast 192.168.123.255 gateway 192.168.123.254
and than: /etc/init.d/network restart
Jonathan Colaço - Jc
Reading the man pages I found the gateway was optional, which rather surprised me. Perhaps the broadcast will get a response from the gateway - I am not sure I must admit.
Anyway, the result it is now works fine, so thanks everyone for their response.
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