On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 21:15:02 +0200, Christian Eyrich wrote > Hi, > > my Debian system ran for months without problems. Now the address for > the router to the internet changed and I don't know how to tell the > system this permanently. > > I know how to do this manually (using route). But after rebooting > I've the old address again. I know I can edit > /etc/network/interfaces by hand, but there's this warning "etherconf > DEBCONF AREA. DO NOT EDIT THIS AREA OR INSERT TEXT BEFORE IT" in it. > > So there must be a tool to do this - YaST does this in SUSE. I > already installed etherconf but don't know how to use it (can't even > start it), same with debconf.
Nah, Go ahead and edit /etc/network/interfaces Then, just restart the networking daemon. I've always done it this way. but I've never seen warning signs like you mentioned. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
