[sf-lug] installing ubuntu but wanting a fixed ip address

[Alex Kleider]

--- On Wed, 11/5/08, jim <jim at well.com> wrote:
> for a command-line approach, what you did 
> seems right. you're not complaining about 
> too much typing, are you? 
No not at all. I'm just surprised that I could make the GUI method work.

> 
>    below i copied from an internet-available 
> tutorial on creating a static IP address 
> for an ubuntu host: 
> 
> # The primary network interface
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
>         address 192.168.0.100
>         netmask 255.255.255.0
>         network 192.168.0.0
>         broadcast 192.168.0.255
>         gateway 192.168.0.1 


The above is essentially what I did within /etc/network/interfaces
but I also had to make entries in /etc/resolv.conf before name resolution would take place. The default file was empty. 
After doing that, I had to force reading of these files with an 
sudo ifup eth0
which I stuck into /etc/init.d/rc_local (I think this path is correct, I'm not on site to be able to check.)
for lack of a better place to put it.

> 
>    i used the above on my machine (slightly 
> adjusted for my LAN) without editing 
> resolv.conf or rc.local and the machine 
> works fine behind the linksys router that 
> sits as gateway to the internet. 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 21:42 -0800, Alex Kleider wrote:
> > I spent the evening installing Ubuntu 8.10 (while
> listening to the election results) but not without
> difficulties (with regard to Ubuntu, not the election:-)
> that I think do not speak well for Ubuntu.
> > I'd be interested in others' comments.
> > I wanted a fixed IP address for this machine.
> > To achieve this I ended up having to edit the
> following files,each in the way indicated:
> > /etc/resolv.conf : nameserver line(s) and making this
> file immutable
> > /etc/network/interfaces: static, address, netmask,
> default, etc
> > /etc/init.d/rc.local: added line ifup eth0
> > Things now seem to be working but surely there must
> (or should be) an easier way.
> > "I'll take my answer off the air."
> > alex
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > a_kleider at yahoo.com
> > 
> > 
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