"Ren" == Ren Weili <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Ren> hallo, what is the diference between ifup and ifconfig? how
Ren> can ifconfig bring up eth0 use dhcp?
ifconfig is used to configure network interfaces.
ifup reads /etc/networks/interfaces and do a bunch of things that
would take a lot of ifconfigs and some other stuff.
For example, my laptop has the following interfaces file
# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)
# The loopback interface
# automatically added when upgrading
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The built in ethernet interface
iface eth0 inet dhcp
# PCMCIA card
iface eth1 inet dhcp
You probably want to change 'auto lo' to 'auto lo eth0' if you always
want the dhcp address on startup.
Cheers!
Shyamal
