Hi, Am 2018-02-07 hackte Brian in die Tasten: > On Tue 06 Feb 2018 at 17:06:36 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> On Tuesday 06 February 2018 14:07:55 Brian wrote: >> > >> > 1. auto enp0s25 >> > iface enp0s25 inet >> > static address 192.168.0.202 >> > netmask 255.255.255.0 >> > gateway 192.168.0.1 >> > network 192.168.0.0 >> > >> > netmask and network are not needed. ifupdown will compute them. Note >> > there are no examples in interfaces(5) which use these parameters. >> > >> You should go and read that man page again. > > I didn't have to but I did. A line beginning "netmask" is not required". > > Some reading for you: > > https://manpages.debian.org/stretch/ifupdown/interfaces.5.en.html
...and if you have a network with 512 IP adresses? Section "The static Method" say definitively that I can use "netmask" because auto configuration created to many problems in the past. Thanks in advance -- Michelle Konzack Miila ITSystems @ TDnet GNU/Linux Developer 00372-54541400