On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 11:41:10AM -0800, Kyle J. Moore wrote:
> I have just started using Debian in something other
> than a simple network. I'm looking for what file and
> syntax I should put entries for static routes. I'm
> used to RedHat and things seem to be different in
> Debian. Most of the docs I've seen while researching
> this refer to putting things in the
> /etc/init.d/network script. This doesn't seem like a
> good idea as it would get overwritten during an
> upgrade and it also doesn't seem to be supported
> anymore as the script looks totally different? Do I
/etc/init.d/network is the 2.1/slink (old) way,
in potato and up, /etc/network/interfaces is used,
and /etc/init.d/networking that calls ifup/ifdown
and sets up some things like ip spoofing protection,
but i don't recommend to edit it directly, it's nice
(imho) that all routes are reset if you do
ifdown -a; ifup -a.
> put this in /etc/network/interfaces or what? An
> example of syntax would also be helpful.
i usually do it in /etc/network/interfaces like:
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.1
network 192.168.1.0
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255
gateway 192.168.1.254
up route add -net 192.168.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev eth0 gw
192.168.1.250
down route del -net 192.168.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0
after up/down, just normal commands can be enterd.
i constrol my firewalls this way too, like
up /root/bin/firewall-eth0 start
down /root/bin/firewall-eth0 stop
man 5 interfaces for more info
it could be a good idea to make a seperate script for
adding/removing the correct routes for an iface,
like i did for firewalling.
it isn't very managable if you have 30 'up' lines
in interfaces.
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You can do this patch with the system up...
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