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.
