Quoting Hans (hans.ullr...@loop.de): > Am Donnerstag, 27. August 2015, 12:19:23 schrieb Thomas Schmitt: > Hi, > I understood the question of the op in that way, that he wants to give a new > ip-address without installing new. > > The answer: > > You can edit /etc/network/interfaces , after this > do /etc/init.d/networking restart. > > If you are using wicd, just edit the config to your needs, it takes your > settings before the systems one. > > Also you might use network-manager, where you can also edit the settings. > > My preferred combination is a combination of /etc/network/interfaces and > wicd. > I tried network-manager, too, but it is IMO not as comfortable as wicd.
What do you have/need in /etc/network/interfaces except for # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback I was under the impression that wicd wouldn't manage interfaces listed in /etc/network/interfaces Cheers, David.
