On Fri, 2002-06-28 at 07:49, Lars Jensen wrote: > Initially when I first set up my system (potato), I configured the > network for DHCP. How do I change it to a manual configuration of DNS, > gateway and permanent IP? Which files do I need to change? Is there a > tool for this? > > Also, how do I change my host name.
Your hostname is set in /etc/hostname.
DNS is dealt with in /etc/resolv.conf like so:
search <your local domain here>
nameserver <your DNS server here>
The "search" line is optional.
To configure the network card itself, you want to look at
/etc/network/interfaces
Here's the relevant stanza from mine:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 10.200.1.2
netmask 255.255.0.0
gateway 10.200.1.1
broadcast 10.200.255.255
Hope this helps.
Take care,
Peter.
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