[ale] Ongoing Ubuntu network suckage

[JK]

James Sumners wrote:
> On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 3:57 PM, JK <jknapka at kneuro.net> wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I have an Ubuntu 8.10 desktop machine that I'm actually using as a
>> server. I got rid of Network Manager because it completely refused
>> to Do What I Told It -- it would always reset every network interface
>> back to "DHCP" upon reboot, even if I'd explicitly configured static
>> IPs. So I am now configuring all my network interfaces (2 wired
>> Ethernet ports and two Belkin wireless USB transceivers) in
>> /etc/rc.local, and that mostly works fine.
> 
> `man interfaces` [1]
> 
> The proper way to configure your network devices is by editing
> /etc/network/interfaces.


I recall trying this and it not working.  Maybe I'm mistaken; I'll
give it another go.

Thanks,

-- JK

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