On 22/12/2000 at 03:28 +0100, Andreas Fromm wrote: > Hi, > > I just want to ask how to configure a network adaptor on a running > system (potato). I recompiled the kernel with the coresponding module > for the adaptor, installed it with modconf (installation succeeded) and > set it up with ifconf. I can ping to the IP asigned to the NIC, but > can't ping another system. I also tried a "route add xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx". > Don't do all that mannually. In fact, nothing of that will be active after the next reboot (ifconfig, route)... The modconf part is OK.
Instead, edit /etc/network/interfaces and add the following: ---(starts here)--- auto <iface> iface <iface> inet <type> address <ipadd> netmask <netmask> gateway <gw> ---(ends here)--- ...where <iface> is you interface name (e.g. eth0), <type> is the interface type (static or dhcp -- if dhcp, don't add the address, netmask or gateway, if not using DHCP, use static), <address> is the IP address of the interface (e.g. 192.168.0.1), <netmask> is it's netmask (e.g. 255.255.255.0) and <gateway> it's the gateway (duh..). Then, do "/etc/init.d/networking restart" and enjoy... Regards, sena... -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://decoy.ath.cx/~sena/ gpg fingerprint: F20B 12A8 A8F6 FD1F 9B1D BA62 C424 8E73 DD2E 47C8
