On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 7:28 AM, Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> # auto eth0 > > After the '#' comment character has been removed it tells the client > machine to configure the NIC using DHCP. > > IMHO this is the correct way to configure static addresses on networks > with more than two, or possibly three, machines. >
if you have a dhcp server that allows address reservation (the linksys wrt54gl does not without updating to one of the 3rd party firmwares, netgear routers do, but it doesn't always work).
