David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (enantiomer) writes: > > > Recently I looked into setting up my laptop so that it could switch > > between static and dhcp. I looked at an article on this group and > > tried the suggestion and it didn't work. I restored my interfaces > > file back to normal (i had commented out what I had put in before) and > > thought all would be well, but now it doesn't seem to like even my old > > static ip network anymore. > > Well, first off: > > > # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8) > > iface eth0 inet dynamic > > The last word of that line wants to be "static" or "dhcp", probably in > your case "static"; see interfaces(5) or the example in > /usr/share/doc/ifupdown. You should get an error message if you run > 'ifup eth0' by hand. > yeah, I noticed that this morning and slapped my forehead. > > Is there any sort of reconfig tool for the network in debian? > > Anybody see what might be wrong? Also, what is the best way to be > > able to switch between static and dhcp for me? > > My laptop's /etc/network/interfaces file looks very loosely like > > iface eth0 inet dhcp > > iface net-home inet static > address 192.168.1.3 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > broadcast 192.168.1.255 > gateway 192.168.1.1 > > So at boot time, the network will try to come up (via ifplugd, but > that's a detail) and get DHCP. If I know I want a static address > instead, I can do 'ifdown eth0; ifup eth0=net-home' to use a different > set of network parameters. and if i declare the static part first, then it would load the static ip first and I would have to manually call ifup for the dhcp? would i have to name the static like: "iface eth0 inet static" and the dhcp like "iface at-school inet dhcp"? Is it the order that matters in the interfaces file? I am a little confused on the naming convention here. Do I even have to use the "eth0" phrase? A little more info would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, -Enantiomer
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