On Sun, 10 Feb 2002 07:56:10 -0800 (PST) faisal gillani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello list > > i have just installed debian 2.2 on my system ..i was > very impress by the simple setup program & > configuration ... i only want to know where to put dns > server & default gateway address ? Do you have a static IP or DHCP-served IP? If DHCP-served, then dhcp-client will do it all for you, including creating the DNS file, as long as you have this in your /etc/network/interfaces : auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp Also, you must have a /etc/dhclient.conf file. For someone who used to be an @HOME cusomer, it looks something like this: interface "eth0" { send host-name "cx36001-a"; } If static, you must create /etc/network/interfaces yourself: auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address <your.static.IP.address.provided.by.ISP> netmask <netmask.provided.by.ISP> network <ntwork.provided.by.ISP> broadcast <broadcast.IP.address.provided.by.ISP> gateway <gateway.IP.address.provided.by.ISP> You must also create /etc/resolv.conf: search <ISP.domain.name> nameserver <IP.address.of.primary.DNS.server> nameserver <IP.address.of.secondary.DNS.server> Good luck... -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | ! "As I like to joke, I may have invented it, but Microsoft | | made it popular" David Bradley, regarding Ctrl-Alt-Del | +------------------------------------------------------------+