auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
  address 10.0.0.26
  netmask 255.255.0.0
  gateway 10.0.0.1
  dns-nameservers 10.0.0.18


damian@APP01:~$ ifconfig
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 10.0.1.13  netmask 255.255.0.0  broadcast 10.0.255.255
        ether 00:15:5d:4c:1b:0c  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 491  bytes 45134 (45.1 KB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 6  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 148  bytes 19970 (19.9 KB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0