Rory Campbell-Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I need to set my static IP address on startup to x.y.z.141. >My router is on x.y.z.1 >My network is on x.y.z.0 > >I'm confused about what I should be writing in the interfaces file. >ifup gives the error: > "/etc/network/interfaces: too many parameters for iface line" > >for the line below. > >iface eth0 inet static address 194.159.148.141 netmask 255.255.255.0
I think you need to put each of "address 194.159.148.141" and "netmask 255.255.255.0" on separate lines. The interfaces(5) man page has details of the format. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
