comp.os.linux.networking

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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