Re: [iPAQ] static IP?

On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 07:19:41PM -0500, Holly Gates wrote:
| This is a pretty lame ass question, but how do I set a static
| IP/netmask/DNS in familiar? I can use ifconfig and route after its
| booted, but I want a good way to do it on startup. I suppose I could
| just add another enty in rc3.d to execute the ifconfig and route
| commands, but that seems like it is not the right way.

Look in /etc/pcmcia/network.opts. It's moderately documented, but
basically, ensure there's a section to handle your MAC address or use the
default "*,*,*,*" and set the appropriate values into the matching
variables. Don't forget to backupToFlash and sync, or you'll lose the
changes.
Received on Thu Feb 15 16:12:23 2001