static IP, gateway and netmask setting

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static IP, gateway and netmask setting
\ Rafael Barrera Oro (23 Nov 2007)
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Subject:	static IP, gateway and netmask setting
Group:	Gentoo-user
From:	Rafael Barrera Oro
Date:	23 Nov 2007

Hello, i intend to do a basic static network set up. My goal is to set up
the following:

ip: 10.0.0.1
netmask: 255.255.255.0
gateway: 10.0.0.2

guiding myself with the gentoo handbook i clumsily edited the
/etc/conf.d/net file leaving it like this

config_eth0=( "10.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 brd 10.0.0.255" )
routes_eth0=( "default via 10.0.0.2" )

i have to admit i totally guessed the 10.0.0.255 value

should this work?
are all the values listed here correct and/or necessary?

thanks in advance people, as usual, your help is very appreciated

take care

Rafael