$ route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.1.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0

$ ip route
192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.1.5

$ ifconfig
eht0	Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1d:60:31:6d:ae
		UP BROADCAST MULTICASE MTU:1500 Metric:1
		RX packets:0 error:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
		TX packets:0 error:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
		collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
		RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

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:42 error:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
		TX packets:42 error:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
		collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
		RX bytes:3112 (3.1 KB) TX bytes:3112 (3.1 KB)

$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
# loopback
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# primary dhcp
#auto eth0
#iface eth0 inet dhcp

# primary static
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.5
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255
gateway 192.168.1.1