On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 03:05:21PM -0800, eric brown wrote: > --- Mark Roach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 11:43, eric brown wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I just got a nice deal on a Barricade router for > > my > > > home network. > > > > > > I try to get my internet connection to work with > > > dhcp-client. I was using pppoe before with no > > > problem. I have no problem accessing the internet > > > from my winxP and OsX boxes with the router using > > > automatic dhcp. > > > > [bunch of probably unnecessary stuff...] > > > > > Waht is the clean way of doing this internet > > > configuration change? > > > > man interfaces > > > > you're going to want something like > > > > auto eth0 > > iface eth0 inet dhcp > > > > in your /etc/network/interfaces file > > -- > > Mark Roach > > Thx, > > I had it to work by running dhclient as root. but I > have to do this each time I reboot my system. > > My/etc/network/interfaces looks like this (it is > overwritten each time I run dhclient): > > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet static > > now, how do I make the connection available at startup > and persistant? >
Like noted in the message you replied to, you want to replace static with dhcp for the interfaces you want dhcp to configure. > Thx again, > > Eric > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now > http://companion.yahoo.com/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
