On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 04:41:06PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to make my new Chimera based Refracta have a static IP > address at 192.168.0.199/24, in order that every other computer on the > 192.168.0.0/24 subnet can easily access it, and so I can put it on my > LAN DNS. > > So I made my /etc/network/interfaces look like the following, which > follows the guidelines of "man interfaces": > > ======================================= > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > allow-hotplug eth0 > iface eth0 inet static > address 192.168.0.199 > gateway 192.168.0.1 > ======================================= > > Unfortunately, instead of the IP address being 192.168.0.199, it's a > DHCP supplied 192.168.0.204 . What additional steps must I take to get > my desired 192.168.0.199?
Last tine I had this problem, I reconfigured the router to assign the desired IP number based on the 48-bit ethernet ID of the coputer's interface. -- hendrik > > Additional note: When I used 192.168.0.40, which I KNOW is not in my > leased DHCP range, the result was the same. What must I do to get a > static IP at 192.168.0.199/24 ? > > Thanks, > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > Spring 2021 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful > Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
