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tuppe666
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 Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 1:55 am Post subject: Want to replace ifconfig/route wit real startup files[solved |
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I currently use my Linux PC as my Gateway to the internet, and connect my Windows XP machine through this. I works quite well. I'm not very good in this area, and spent a long time getting it working.
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ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
route add -net 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0
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I really need to do this properly, as I went out last weekend and had to have my girlfriend type this in over the phone. Needless to say she wasn't happy.
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didymos
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See /etc/conf.d/net.example for how to set this stuff up as a startup service. Plus, once it's configured, you don't need to run things at startup if you don't want to. You could have the LAN stuff set up during boot, for example, but manually connect to the internet. Just don't add the startup script for your internet connection to the default runlevel (actually, all interface scripts except the loopback are symlinks to /etc/init.d/net.lo, but the script checks which name it was called as in order to figure out what settings/devices to configure. Just check the example file and the Gentoo handbook and you'll see how it works).
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erik258
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| Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 5:28 am Post subject: |
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this is actually really easy. create a file /etc/conf.d/net with the line
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perhaps you need help getting both interfaces set up automatically, if it's a router?
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krinn
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cp /etc/init.d/net /etc/init.d/net.backup
echo 'config_eth0=( "192.168.1.1/24 ")' > /etc/init.d/net
echo 'routes_eth0=( "default via 192.168.1.0 ")' >> /etc/init.d/net
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try to copy it as is  don't miss ' or " |
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tuppe666
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Thank you for all your help I am up and running, and thats more than enough. I ploughed through all kinds of help files to get it working.
I did need ipkungfu 6.0 for everything to run smoothly though.
If anyone...can explain simply what I did originally, because all this currently seems to work like magic, and I hate that |
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erik258
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The 'magic' is worked from /etc/init.d/net.* runscript(s). The commands you used manually are simply being run by init.
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