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On Thursday, 04.11.2004 at 19:16 +0000, Joe wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dr. David Kirkby
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
> >Hi,
> > I installed a system on a company network with a fixed IP
> >(213.78.42.115), but recently bought a small router. The PC will now
> >have to use the router as the default route, and I will make the IP
> >private.
> >
> >The following commands do what I want
> >
> ># ifconfig eth0 192.168.123.1 netname 255.255.255.0 # set my IP to
> >192.168.123.1
> ># route add default gw 192.168.123.254
> >
> >But how do I set this to happen automatically? I changed the IP in
> >/etc/hosts, and had an attempt at changing /etc/gateways, but clearly
> >not successfully, as the routing does work after a reboot - I need to
> >type these commands again.
> >
> The file you need is /etc/network/interfaces. It's fairly
> self-explanatory, or man interfaces for the whole story..
You might also like to try:
dpkg-reconfigure etherconf
or
apt-get install etherconf
"This package provides a debconf-based interface to configuring the
Ethernet on your system."
Dave.
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