On 2011-11-23, Kelly Clowers <kelly.clow...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I trust the server, I guess; it's my ISP, so I really have to trust
>> them way above and beyond whatever dhclient can or cannot do.  I could
>> set up a static address for the interface (if I knew how--I do have a
>> static address).  Where does that go?  In /etc/network/interfaces?
>
> Yes.
> For DHCP you have something like this:
>
>   auto eth0
>   iface eth0 inet dhcp
>
> For static you do something like this:
>
>   iface eth0 inet static
>   address 192.168.1.5
>   netmask 255.255.255.0
>   gateway 192.168.1.254

And then dhclient is no longer "called," the daemon won't run anymore,
or do I have to do something else to turn it off?


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