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Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 15:13:07 -0500
From: Chris Nestrud <ccn@uark.edu>
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Subject: Re: specifying an ip
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DHCP will automatically assign you an ip address and other network
settings. That is its purpose. For eth0, I have this line in my
interfaces file:
iface eth0 inet dhcp

Chris

On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 05:23:56AM -0400, Jack wrote:
> 	hi there.
> i took a look at the interfaces file and we are currently using dhcp
> so on the line that says dhcp, do i replace the dhcp with the ip i want to
> use?
> 
> 
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