Configuring Network Interfaces

Posted: 09/26/2011 in Ubuntu Linux
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Step1: Edit etc/network/interfaces
e.g.:

sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 10.50.15.12
netmask 255.255.255.192.
gateway 10.50.26.1

Disable Network Manager first. Unless, your configuration will be ignored.

Step 2: Start networking

sudo /etc/init.d/networking start

Step 3: Check your network information

ifconfig

Other than editing /etc/network/interfaces, here’s another way to configure your network interface:
The following are low-level commands.

$ sudo ifconfig eth0 192.168.7.26 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.7.255 ←
$ sudo ifconfig eth0 down ←
$ sudo route add -net 192.168.7.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev eth0 ←
$ sudo route add default gw 192.168.7.1 ←
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