How do i sign IP 192.168.0.1 and mask 255.255.255.0 permanentely to eth1 in linux?

This probably depends on your distro, but for my Red Hat box you want to edit the file in :

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts

called "ifcfg-eth1" and make it so it reads:


DEVICE=eth1
BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=192.168.0.1
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
ONBOOT=yes


That should work for you, it should bring the device up on boot, and assign it that address,

Hope this helps.

Thanks pal