For what it's worth, I sometimes use
ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
and it seems to work.
Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong writes:
> Hey everyone.
>
> I'm using unstable, and I was wondering what would be the best way to
> start up eth0 without a network address assigned to it? I need this,
> so that pppoe will work correctly. Currently, I have the following in
> /etc/networks/interfaces:
>
> iface eth0 inet static
> address 0.0.0.0
> netmask 255.255.255.0
>
> But on boot up, it complains like so
>
> SIOCSIFNETMASK: Cannot assign requested address
>
> There is no problem, since this does what I want, but I was wondering
> whether there is a cleaner way to do this.
>
> Thanks
>
> Marshal
>
>
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