I don't seem to have dhcp folder let alone dhclient.leases. Additional info - my ISP IP address has not changed however I have a router between the computer and the ISP. When I look into the router's DHCP Client tables it does not show up. I've taken this computer(laptop) with me to work a few times but it doesn't recognize the DHCP server that we have there.
-----Original Message----- From: Ron Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 3:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Reconfigure IP address On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 21:11, Nicholas Imfeld wrote: > I'm having some issues with DHCP/Static IP that fits in with this. When > I installed Debian the setup couldn't detect my DHCP server so I put > static values in temporarily. Then later I added lines to the > /etc/network/interfaces file. It looks exactly like the one below. I > can get onto my network just fine, but it seems like it never gave up > its static ip. Is there some other place where it stores its network > data that needs to be modified? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Try the log file /var/dhcp/dhclient.leases Also, maybe your ISP just hasn't changed your IP address. Under [EMAIL PROTECTED], I had the same IP for a year, and now that @Home has disolved, and after some initial "uncertainty", I've had the same IP now for a month. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 7:32 PM > To: debuser > Subject: Re: Reconfigure IP address > > On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 17:04, Michael Montagne wrote: > > To reconfigure my IP address from DHCP to a static address, I need to > > run dpkg-reconfigure netbase, right? If this is not correct, where > can > > I get more info. I just get the feeling that I'm not supposed to edit > > /etc/network/interfaces. The warnings seem to imply that I should let > > debconf do what it does best. > > I edited /etc/network/interfaces by hand before I even heard of > dpkg-reconfigure. Here's my interfaces, from when I converted > from static to dhcp. You'd just have to change the "dhcp" to > "static", uncomment out the specifics, and change them to what > ever your ISP says. > > $ cat /etc/network/interfaces > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp > # address 24.181.111.92 > # netmask 255.255.255.0 > # network 24.181.111.0 > # broadcast 24.181.111.255 > # gateway 24.181.111.1 -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | | "(Women are) like compilers. They take simple statements | | and make them into big productions." | | Pitr Dubovitch | +------------------------------------------------------------+
