Dave Stephenson([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > I feel like I am missing something obvious. > > here is my interfaces file: > > > # The loopback network interface > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > # The primary network interface > #allow-hotplug eth0 > #iface eth0 inet dhcp > > auto eth0 > > #force higher speed in spite of signal peak & dhcp > #mtu 1500 > > > iface eth0 inet dhcp > pre-up /sbin/ifconfig $IFACE mtu 1500
Did you do /etc/init/d/networking force-reload after adding this to th interfaces file? > > > and here is the result of ifconfig: > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:F3:86:8C:92 > inet addr:192.168.0.7 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask: > 255.255.255.0 > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:576 Metric:1 > RX packets:1135 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:1112 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:327004 (319.3 KiB) TX bytes:126844 (123.8 KiB) > Interrupt:58 Base address:0xe000 I added the pre-up /sbin/ifconfig $IFACE mtu 1500 and forced-reloaded and my ifconfig _did_ show the change. Wayne -- "But what we need to know is, do people want nasally-insertable computers?" _______________________________________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
