permanent ifconfig settings

Hi folks.

Just a short question: How do I make ifconfig settings permanent? I
disabled the multicast of some of my interfaces but after a restart of
the network everything seems like it was before.

I'm new to linux and don't understand it's mechanisms yet. (Oh, right,
I'm using Ubuntu 7.10 if that matters)

Thanks in advance,
Markus

Markus Mayer a écrit :
> Just a short question: How do I make ifconfig settings permanent? I
> disabled the multicast of some of my interfaces but after a restart of
> the network everything seems like it was before.
>
> I'm new to linux and don't understand it's mechanisms yet. (Oh, right,
> I'm using Ubuntu 7.10 if that matters)

Use the /etc/network/interfaces file. There is a manpage associated (man
5 interfaces).

You could add a line in the paragraph for your interface looking like
this :
post-up ifconfig eth0 -allmulti

Adapt with the command you used.

Cheers,

Nicolas


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On 03/07/2008 04:06 PM, Markus Mayer wrote:
> Hi folks.
>
> Just a short question: How do I make ifconfig settings permanent? I
> disabled the multicast of some of my interfaces but after a restart of
> the network everything seems like it was before.
>
> I'm new to linux and don't understand it's mechanisms yet. (Oh, right,
> I'm using Ubuntu 7.10 if that matters)

Oh, well the info about your current distribution helps a lot.

Try:

man 5 interfaces
man 8 ifconfig

For WiFi and, or WLAN interfaces please do read the following:

man 8 iwconfig

FYI, you need to tweak your /etc/network/interfaces config file a bit.

Hope that helps,
Cheers,

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Balwinder S Dheeman schrieb:
> On 03/07/2008 04:06 PM, Markus Mayer wrote:
>> Hi folks.
>>
>> Just a short question: How do I make ifconfig settings permanent? I
>> disabled the multicast of some of my interfaces but after a restart of
>> the network everything seems like it was before.
>>
>> I'm new to linux and don't understand it's mechanisms yet. (Oh, right,
>> I'm using Ubuntu 7.10 if that matters)
>
> Oh, well the info about your current distribution helps a lot.
>
> Try:
>
> man 5 interfaces
> man 8 ifconfig
>
> For WiFi and, or WLAN interfaces please do read the following:
>
> man 8 iwconfig
>
> FYI, you need to tweak your /etc/network/interfaces config file a bit.
>
> Hope that helps,
> Cheers,
>

Okay. Thank you!

Markus

Nicolas BOUTHORS schrieb:
> Markus Mayer a écrit :
>> Just a short question: How do I make ifconfig settings permanent? I
>> disabled the multicast of some of my interfaces but after a restart of
>> the network everything seems like it was before.
>>
>> I'm new to linux and don't understand it's mechanisms yet. (Oh, right,
>> I'm using Ubuntu 7.10 if that matters)
>
> Use the /etc/network/interfaces file. There is a manpage associated (man
> 5 interfaces).
>
> You could add a line in the paragraph for your interface looking like
> this :
> post-up ifconfig eth0 -allmulti
>
> Adapt with the command you used.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Nicolas
>
>

Thanks!

Markus