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Basic Setup of a Static  IP for Debian 6xx



You'll first need to find out what your Ethernet device is called.

Please run:

ifconfig
 

That will bring up a list of Ethernet devices that are currently connected. For this case, we'll go with "eth0"

It's a little different than CentOS and so is the location of the file you need to edit.

etho is located in /etc/network/interfaces

Use your favorite text editor and run:{for this instance we're using Nano}

nano /etc/network/inferfaces

 

 

# The primary network interface

#First IP address
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
        address x.x.x.77
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        gateway x.x.x.254
        dns-nameservers x.x.x.x

#Second IP address
auto eth0:1
iface eth0:1 inet static
        adress x.x.x.78
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        gateway x.x.x.254
        dns-nameservers x.x.x.x
 

Now you have your first static IP! In the very near future we plan on adding Video guides as well!

Hope this helps.

Article Posted by:
Rishi Padooman
www.hostnit.com