Network questions

[Rashkae]

Mark Haney wrote:
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> 
> Really? Did you /read/ the link I sent you?  Obviously not.  Okay, well
> I'll hold your hand then.  No, you do not need to write an init script
> for that.  There are VERY FEW things that need that kind of expertise to
> do any more.  This has been an option for a decade at least.  Here's how
> you do it:
> 
> #
> # File: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
> #
> DEVICE=eth0
> IPADDR=192.168.1.100
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> BOOTPROTO=static
> ONBOOT=yes
> ETHTOOL_OPTS="speed 100 duplex full autoneg off"
> 
> See the last line?  (In case you missed that part, too.) That line
> passes the ethtool parms to the NIC at initialization time either at
> boot (as in the case of this one) or whenever you bring the interface up.
> 
> I ask again nicely.  Google this stuff first before you ask the list.
> We're hear to help /after/ you've done all the research you can do based
> on your knowledge level.  We're not here to do it for you, we're here to
> help you learn it for yourself.
> 

Before you get on your high horse and condescending, maybe you should
read your own link.  Those configuration files are RedHat/Fedora, not
Ubuntu/Debian.. Oh,, that's right, aren't you the one who doesn't even
use Ubuntu anymore?  Well, that's ok, but maybe you should refrain from
being rude to people here when you provide completely irrelevant links.