Re: Simple one: How to set a static IP address?
- From: Bill Marcum <bmarcum@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:46:27 -0500
On 30 Dec 2005 07:51:21 -0800, Thommy M.
<thommy.m.malmstrom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm a bit new (or rather on/off) to Linux (but quite experienced with
> Solaris). For fun I installed
> Ubuntu on a spare PC and the it got an IP from my DHCP server. Now I
> want to set a static
> IP and edited /etc/network/interfaces to this:
>
> # The loopback network interface
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> # This is a list of hotpluggable network interfaces.
> # They will be activated automatically by the hotplug subsystem.
> mapping hotplug
> script grep
> map eth0
>
> # The primary network interface
> iface eth0 inet static
> address 192.168.0.7
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> network 192.168.0.0
> broadcast 192.168.0.255
> gateway 192.168.0.2
>
> Then I set IP on eth0 to 192.168.0.7 with ifconfig
>
> However, from time to time, eth0 falls back to a DHCP address.
> Do I really need to reboot, or have I set something wrong in the above?
>
Remove or comment the "mapping hotplug" and the following two lines,
unless your eth0 is a PCMCIA card. You could even uninstall the DHCP
client if you are always going to use a static address.
.
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