[gentoo-user] static IP, gateway and netmask setting

[Rafael Barrera Oro]

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