I'm following
this how-to.
It says to make one's /etc/network/interfaces contents look like this:
Code:
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.0.100
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.0.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255
gateway 192.168.0.1
However, I want my machine to have a LAN ip of 192.168.1.3. I know I need to change address, but what about the others? I recall reading a couple are optional but what do these mean anyway?
* netmask
* network
* broadcast
* gateway
???
I've seen them in many different contexts and still don't know what they are for.