Debian static ip address

[Michael Phillips]

Thank you for you response and I hope the ip does not change in a few days.

Michael

--- Ronald Wechter <rwechter at liberatortime.com> wrote:

> Michael,
> 
> Not sure of the "Debian Centric" way to do it but this is what I've done in
> the past.  Here is the reference link I used -
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-gateway.en.html
> 
> To configure a static IP (an IP that will never change) in debian you must
> edit the file,
> 
> /etc/networking/interfaces and put the following:
> 
> # /etc/network/interfaces (configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8))
> # The loopback interface
> 
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> 
> # The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian
> installation
> # (network, broadcast and gateway are optional)
> auto eth0
> 
> iface eth0 inet static
>        address 192.168.1.10
>        netmask 255.255.255.0
>        network 192.168.1.0
>        broadcast 192.168.1.255
>        gateway 192.168.1.1
> 
> The last section is the most important, the top may or may not be the same
> so don't play with it unless you get an error. In this case the IP of the
> server is 192.168.1.10 so if you run it as a DNS server for example, you can
> set that in your router's config and not worry about it changing.
> 
> To apply this configuration type /etc/init.d/networking restart
> 
> You'll get a message that it's restarting the network interface, then you'll
> get booted off ssh (because the IP changed) so reconnect using the new IP
> and it should work.
> 
> Hope this Helps
> 
> Ron
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Phillips [mailto:linux478 at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 12:03 PM
> To: nflug at nflug.org
> Subject: Debian static ip address
> 
> 
> On a Debian system, how do you setup a static ip address?  I am using
> ddclient
> to keep track of my external ip address.  I have my route setup for port
> forwarding.  The problem is my debian system is not keeping an ip address.
> Any
> help would be appreciated.
> 
> Michael
> 
> 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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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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