Setup for a static ethernet connection

[Ed Greshko]

On 10/05/14 09:52, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> NETMASK I can do.  What's the function of PERFIX? I notice refenences to $PREFIX in scripts in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts, but no definition (as you observed) I did not define GATEWAY because there isn't one. The system in question is a recorder for OTA HDTV.

Netmask and Prefix are generally redundant.

Prefix=number of bits in the Netmask

255.255.255.0 = FF.FF.FF.00 = 24 bits

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