On Wednesday 15 June 2005 17:52, Kent West wrote: > followed by editing the interfaces file to a static IP so it looks like: > > # The loopback network interface > > >auto lo > >iface lo inet loopback > > > ># The primary network interface > >auto eth0 > >iface eth0 inet static > > address 192.168.0.21 > > netmask 255.255.0.0 (or 255.255.255.0, or whatever it's supposed to > > be on your network) > > and then > /etc/init.d/networking start > > and report the output. > >
[EMAIL PROTECTED] alan # /etc/init.d/networking start Setting up IP spoofing protection: rp_filter. Configuring network interfaces...ifup: interface lo already configured RTNETLINK answers: Cannot assign requested address done. [EMAIL PROTECTED] alan # ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:DA:CF:A5:06 inet addr:169.254.50.3 Bcast:0.0.0.0 Mask:255.255.0.0 inet6 addr: fe80::250:daff:fecf:a506/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:95788 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:60961 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:109984491 (104.8 MiB) TX bytes:4796355 (4.5 MiB) Interrupt:5 Base address:0xd400 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:213 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:213 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:42880 (41.8 KiB) TX bytes:42880 (41.8 KiB) [EMAIL PROTECTED] alan # more /etc/network/interfaces # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.0.21 netmask 255.255.255.0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] alan # -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]