IP Configuration for Static IP

sde · 06-03-2002, 09:52 AM

My DSL service went down this morning and my computer was working very slow. So I rebooted the box.

Now it seems like DHCP kicked in because it's using the lowest IP available on my system.. I had it set before to the highest IP.

What file do I edit to set the Static IP?

revolution · 06-03-2002, 03:47 PM

ive looked, but im not sure...i usually use some sort of wizzard for it

or ifconfig at the prompt

sde · 06-03-2002, 04:12 PM

aah ! my sites and game servers have been down all day long

i'm ready for a nice little computer session tonight... i'll be in irc at 6 my time. .. make sure you are no where around if ya don't want me asking 2 many questions

bdl · 06-03-2002, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mmilano
My DSL service went down this morning and my computer was working very slow. So I rebooted the box.

Now it seems like DHCP kicked in because it's using the lowest IP available on my system.. I had it set before to the highest IP.

What file do I edit to set the Static IP?

Well, you can setup your IP addresses (under Debian, anyway) in /etc/network/interfaces, the syntax is something like this:

Code:

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
    address 192.168.1.1
    netmask 255.255.255.0
    network 192.168.1.0
    broadcast 192.168.2.255
    gateway 192.168.2.1

The question is, what's serving DHCP to your network? A DSL router? You'll want to configure that to stop DHCP leases and then configure all your internal network so they use static IPs (if you really own the IP, that is)

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Neglected to mention, once you use the file above to start your network interfaces, you can use the command 'ifup' and 'ifdown' to bring up the connection or close the connection, respectively. For example, if you edit the file to change your IP, you would issue an 'ifdown eth0', edit the file, and reissue an 'ifup eth0'
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sde · 06-03-2002, 06:12 PM

thank you sir .. that works perfectly =)