On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 07:44, Brian Connell wrote:
>  I have recently installed and upgraded Gentoo using a network install,
> and I now have most of my hardware/software configured and working   :)
>
> However to get my cable modem to work I have to type at the prompt as
> root ............
>
> ifconfig eth0 "static ip " netmask  255.255.255.0
> route add -net  default.... etc ......etc,
>
> This works fine, but gets a bit tedious everytime I startup.


for sure, surprised you got through the install without picking this up...

edit /etc/conf.d/net

there are sample entries there.

then:

rc-update add net.eth0 default

should do it :-)


>
> Is there a way I could have this load at boot time, and if so, could
> someone explain how I would do this ?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian Connell.

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