On Mon, Jul 23, 2007 at 06:29:04AM +0000, Robert Cates wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just got my new machine running Etch. This machine is a server, so no
> GUI or XWindows. I have the DHCP3-Client and DHCP3-common installed (by
> default) which gets an IP just fine. But now I want to assign a fixed
> non-DHCP IP to the NIC.
>
> I can use ifconfig to change the IP, but when I reboot the machine, DHCP
> gets the other IP again. How can I fix this so that the IP I want assigned
> is permanent?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Robert
Most time on a Debian system, you edit /etc/network/interfaces. ´man
interfaces' should get you started. Ask here again if this is not
helpful and give more details.
--
| .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: |
| : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/|
| `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and |
| `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 |
| my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org |
|join the new debian-community.org to help Debian! |
|_______ Unless I ask to be CCd, assume I am subscribed _______|
