On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 01:34:17PM -0500, Dan McGhee wrote: > My ISP gave me: > > 1. a static IP > 2. a subnet mask IP > 3. a gateway IP > 4. primary DNS server IP > 5. secondary DNS server IP > 6. user name > 7. password
Did they say what that user name and password are needed for? > The tech support told me that they were "100% static" That's good to know, isn't it. > and that DHCP and > PPPoE would not work. Forget my last mail then. > I've just got to find out where the numbers plug > in in BLFS. I haven't tried the "ping" thing yet. Check out the /etc/rc.d/init.d/network script. It calls a script /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/ifup that reads ifconfig.eth0/ipv4 and calls 'ip ...' a couple of times. Rather complex, but nicely configurable. In my ifconfig.eth0/ipv4 I have: ONBOOT=yes SERVICE=ipv4-static IP=192.168.17.44 GATEWAY=192.168.17.41 PREFIX=24 BROADCAST=192.168.17.255 The link comes up, when I say '/etc/rc.d/init.d/network start' (or 'restart'). Joern -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
