Proposed Boot Changes

#
#In the Asterisk server

1. # Disable unneeded applications
2. cd /etc/rc3.d/
3. mv S20bittorrent K20bittorrent # Downloading app
4. mv S20cupsys K20cupsys # Printing
5. mv S21gdm K21gdm # Gui
6. rm S23ntp-server # Bad Link as there is no ntp-server installed
   
   
7. # Correct DNS issues
8. vi /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
   #auto eth0
   #iface eth0 inet static
   # address [Your-IP-Here]
   # netmask 255.255.0.0
   # gateway [Your-GW-Here]
   # dns-nameservers [DNS-IP-Here] [DNS-IP-Here2]

   #allow-hotplug eth1
   auto eth1
   iface eth1 inet static
   address [Your-IP-Here]
   netmask 255.255.255.240
   gateway [Your-GW-Here]
   dns-nameservers [DNS-IP-Here] [DNS-IP-Here2]

   
   
   
9. # Change system runlevel
   This will make the system boot into runlevel 3, where we have stopped the unneeded applications.
10. vi /etc/inittab
11. replace:
    
id:2:initdefault:

    with
    
id:3:initdefault:

    

# Force eth1 to 1000 Mbps with NO negotiation

apt-get install ethtool
vi /etc/init.d/set-eth1-1000Mbps

#!/bin/sh

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: /etc/init.d/10Mbps
# Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start daemon at boot time
# Description: Enable service provided by daemon.
### END INIT INFO

# Define LSB log_* functions.
. /lib/lsb/init-functions

# Make it auto-negotiate, but only advertise 1000 full
# ethtool -s eth0 speed 1000 duplex full autoneg on

ETHTOOL="/usr/sbin/ethtool"
DEV="eth1"
SPEED="speed 1000 duplex full"
OPTIONS="autoneg on"

case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Setting $DEV $SPEED $OPTIONS.";
$ETHTOOL -s $DEV $SPEED $OPTIONS;
echo " done.";;
stop)
;;
esac
exit 0


13. chmod +x /etc/init.d/set-eth1-1000Mbps
14. update-rc.d set-eth1-1000Mbps start defaults

/etc/init.d/set-eth1-1000Mbps start

15. reboot
16. # test

REFERENCES:
See post # 7 and 8
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-change-the-speed-and-duplex-settings-...
http://www.wantlinux.net/2008/06/set-speed-and-duplex-on-ubuntu-and-debian/
http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch03_:_L...
http://www.linuxscrew.com/2008/11/20/faq-how-to-change-duplex-andor-auto...