IFCONFIG Options....???

[Nailz]

Try as I may, I'm having trouble reconfiguring my NIC. I know I can down it (ifdown eth0) and reset the IP address, but how do I change the default gateway via the command line?

**NOTE - I JUST installed Debian and don't have X-windows or linuxconf up and running yet.

Also, how do I change the DNS server setting... or is that just an entry in resolv.conf?

I'm looking to be able to just run a command such as:
ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.2 gateway=192.168.0.1

[Gaccm]

DNS thing: yeah change your resolv.conf file include something like this:
nameserver 207.126.103.16

do you want your current linux box to use another box as a gateway? i think you use the 'route' command but i'm not sure, but i'm pretty sure :).

[cuso4]

if not mistaken,
route is the command you need.
eg: route add default eth0
or
route add default gw yourgateway
hope this helps :)

[Nailz]

BEAUTIFUL....Thanks guys.

route add default gw 192.168.0.1

it added my other linux box (my firewall/router/etc) to my routing table... I completely forgot about that. I'm usually stuck in a Windows world where IP/Netmask/Gateway is all set at the same time in the same location.

I had the resolv.conf set properly so I was on the right track with that one...

Now, how do I change my eth0 from Manual Configuration to DHCP? Can that be done through ifconfig?? If not, no big deal, now that I'm routing properly, I can apt-get linuxconf and set those settings that way.

[ 24 March 2001: Message edited by: Nailz ]