[gentoo-user] Re: Asking dhcp for a static address

2006-01-06 Thread Peter
On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 08:53:53 +0100, Sergio Polini wrote: I can't understand how to ask dhcp for a static address. I've read /etc/conf.d/net.example, but using config_eth0=( IPaddress netmask netmask brd broadcast) in /etc/conf.d/net configures my network interface _instead of_ asking

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Asking dhcp for a static address

2006-01-06 Thread Sergio Polini
Peter: iface_eth0=192.168.2.100 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0 #iface_eth0=dhcp #dhcpcd_eth0=-N gateway=eth0/192.168.2.1 This last part is important. Your PC has to find the gateway. Done. But it doesn't work :-( You might also have to add the gateway address to