conflict between system settings/network and entries in /etc/network/interfaces

[Colin Law]

On 9 February 2014 10:37, robert rottermann <robert at redcor.ch> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> as soon as I add an interface to /etc/network/interfaces the network becomes
> inaccessible upon next boot:
> here the entries I tried:
>
> # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
>     address 192.168.1.30
>     netmask 255.255.255.0
>     gateway 10.168.1.200

The gateway has to be accessible from the pc so the gateway has to be
192.168.1.xxx

Colin