:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
#The Internal Network
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet static
address 10.0.0.4
subnetmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 10.0.0.1
broadcast 10.0.0.255
dns-search google.com
dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8
ian@stick:~$ ifconfig
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr e8:11:32:50:99:eb
inet addr:10.0.0.4 Bcast:10.0.0.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: fe80::ea11:32ff:fe50:99eb/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:6769 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:11123 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:701632 (701.6 KB) TX bytes:812671 (812.6 KB)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:1827 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1827 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:184689 (184.6 KB) TX bytes:184689 (184.6 KB)