Re: Suse 8.2: Setting up an ethernet-interface without an ip-address

From: Jure Krasovic (yuka_29_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 10/29/03 

Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 12:12:58 +0100

You are trying to setup the default route via interface without IP
address. This doesnt work. What you need to do is to delete GATEWAY ip
address.

Best regards!

        Jure

xantos wrote:
> Because of setting up Suse 8.2 for Snort I want to set one of the
> ethernet-interfaces in promiscuous mode. Which is not the problem ;-)
>
> The problem is I want to setup this ethernet-interface without an
> ip-address.
>
> Setting up with an ip-address works fine.
>
> ==========================================================================
>
> Using Suse 7.2 this was very easy using /etc/rc.config:
> #
> IPADDR_0=""
> #
> NETDEV_0="eth0"
> #
> IFCONFIG_0="up"
> #
>
> ==========================================================================
>
> Now I have to use /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0:
> BOOTPROTO='static' # dhcp or static, none (and bootp) are not
> supported
> BROADCAST=''
> IPADDR=''
> MTU=''
> NETMASK=''
> NETWORK=''
> REMOTE_IPADDR=''
> STARTMODE='onboot'
> UNIQUE=unique number
> WIRELESS='no'
>
> ==========================================================================
>
> /var/log/boot.msg says:
>
> eth0 ERROR: Warning: Could not set up default route via
> interface eth0
>
>
> Please advise,
> Xantos

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