HOWTO Setup a Static IP
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file: /etc/conf.d/net.eth0 (or /etc/conf.d/net if the first does not exist) modules=( "iproute2" ) config_eth0=( "209.87.56.xxx/24" ) routes_eth0=( "default via 209.87.56.254" )
file: /etc/conf.d/net.eth0 (or /etc/conf.d/net if the first does not exist) modules=( "iproute2" ) config_eth0=( "209.87.56.xxx/24" ) routes_eth0=( "default via 209.87.56.254" )