[NBLUG/talk] Networking newbie

[Dean A. Roman]

For IP forwarding, check out /etc/network/options
  Set "ip_forward=yes" .

I'm not sure why your getting a dhcp dynamic address or what box is 
serving it, but something is running dhclient at boot..check your 
/etc/init.d scripts and your /var/log/syslog.
My guess is, eth0 get's configured static at boot, then reconfigured by 
dhclient moments later.
Since this machine will never want to grab a dynmic address, you could 
probaly uninstall dhclient.

Thanks,
    ---Dean.


A'fish'ionado wrote:

>*Whew* he finally stopped bugging--no! The madness continues! :-)
>
>I'm hoping now to get the desktop to do IP forwarding (it's already
>running DHCPD). Presumably, that would be easier to do with a static
>IP address. :-) So, /etc/network/interfaces is set to:
>
>auto lo eth0
>iface lo inet loopback
>iface eth0 inet static
>        address 10.0.0.1
>        netmask 255.255.255.0
>
>Now, when the box boots, it grabs a dynamic address from DHCP. ifdown
>eth0; ifup eth0 gets it going on 10.0.0.1, like I want.
>
>Um, what the heck is going on? Why is it grabbing a dynamic IP on boot
>and a static IP if I restart networking manually?
>
>... Maybe soon I'll get enough working to stop bugging everyone. ;-)
>
>Thanks,
>William
>
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