Re: [LUG] Starting Up Network

[Simon Waters <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Peter Lloyd-Jones wrote:
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| # Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt

Always a good idea.

| # for the documentation of these parameters.
| GATEWAY=192.168.1.2
| TYPE=Ethernet
| DEVICE=eth0:1

I'd have expected eth0 here, eth0:1 is usually used to add multiple
addresses to an existing ethernet interface. But Fedora may do it
differently.

i.e.

ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1
ifconfig eth0:1 10.0.0.1

will put the machine on two networks at the same time.

| HWADDR=00:40:ca:53:3b:06
| BOOTPROTO=none

"none" is good if you want static IP addresses.

| NETMASK=255.255.255.0
| IPADDR=192.168.1.24
| IPV6INIT=yes

;) I'm guessing you don't have IPv6 but it shouldn't hurt.

| ONBOOT=yes
| USERCTL=no

For home boxes... "yes" is probably a good answer

| PEERDNS=yes

For 'static' entries this is irrelevant - so you'll need to edit
/etc/resolv.conf by hand to ensure it has the IP address of your DNS
server - see man resolv.conf

Where is the above script, and what happens when you "ifup <relevant
interface name>".
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