networking ip address

[wpos2 at adelphia.net]

As a user towards the bottom end of the totem pole here, as far as knowledge goes:

x.y.z.254 is usually reserved for the gateway machine
x.y.z.1   is usually reserved for the DNS server

There are probably conventions regarding other types of servers (FTP, HTTP, DHCP, SQL, and the like).

Personally, I have always sticked to these conventions, unless I had a specific reason to not, just because following standards generally makes people happy.

But really, any IP address is allowed to be used within the range 1-254.  Except in your case, the range 100-150 is reserved by default for dynamically assigned ones, if I'm not mistaken about Linksys routers with DHCP servers.  (I'm assuming that this is what you meant when stating that the linksys router starts at 192.168.1.100.)  I believe this is a parameter you can change, however.  So keep the range in mind when handing out static IP addresses.
---- Michael Phillips <linux478 at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> I am going to be install Debian on a system and configure another one to have a
> static internal network ip address.  I know, I have to edit the
> /etc/networking/interface file.  I just do not know what information to put in
> it.  Any help would be great.  This is what my network looks like.
> 
> 
> Internet -> DSL -> linksys router -> ,-- Windows XP Laptop (heather)
>                                      |
>                                      +-- Windows XP Laptop (michael)
>                                      |
>                                      +-- Debian System (server)
>                                      |
>                                      '-- Debian System (toy)
> 
> The linksys router starts at 192.168.1.100
> I like the way the xp computer are configure, you just plug them in and they
> work.  The two Debian machine, I would like to have to have static ip
> addresses.  I just do not know what ip address I should give them.  I just do
> not know enough about networking to be confident about it.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Michael D. Phillips - A computer science enthusiast
> I do not hate Windows, I just like the alternatives better.
> Linux is my primary choice.
> 
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