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--- vms:webdev:start [2014/10/30 14:12]
admin [Setup Network Adapters]
+++ vms:webdev:start [2014/10/30 14:16]
admin [Setup Network Adapters]
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 This will indicate the allocated DHCP address for your VM, here 10.0.7.61.
-From there you might want to use a terminal emulator to access the VM as it will usually be easier to use than the standard VM screen that has no scroll back and copy/paste functionality for example.
+From there you might want to use a terminal emulator to access the VM as it will usually be easier to use than the standard VM screen that has no scroll back or copy/paste functionality for example.
-Let's now fix the secondary (local) IP address, to this purpose, let's modify the // /etc/network/interfaces // file:
+Let's now fix the secondary (local) IP address. To this purpose, let's modify the // /etc/network/interfaces // file to make it look like what follows:
 <code>
 > nano /etc/network/interfaces
+# 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
+allow-hotplug eth0
+iface eth0 inet dhcp
+# Alias for static inner interface
+auto eth1
+iface eth1 inet static
+   name static alias LAN card
+   address 172.20.20.2
+   netmask 255.255.255.0
+   broadcast 172.20.20.255
+   network 172.20.20.0
 </code>
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 It is now time to [[apache|install the HTTP Server (Apache2)]].