Re: Static ethernet connection

2012-01-02 Thread T.C. Hollingsworth
On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 9:56 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > I'm not sure that the network service is available on Fedora 16, which > is OK, because this works fine as is, along with "ifup eth0". > ONBOOT=yes does not work in my context.  BTW, what is BOOTPROTO=static? The network service is still ava

Re: Static ethernet connection

2012-01-02 Thread Ed Greshko
On 01/03/2012 12:58 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > Yes, RMB on the Network Manager icon provides this. I used Reindl's > approach, but I'll have to try it sometime. After my NFS problem is > solved. OK Looking forward to the next installment :-) -- A common mistake that people make when

Re: Static ethernet connection

2012-01-02 Thread Geoffrey Leach
On 01/02/2012 05:32:00 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 01/03/2012 09:22 AM, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > > I need to set up an ethernet connection to a device that needs a > static > > IP address. Can anyone point me to doc on how to do this? > > > > Reindl gave you one way > > Another, at least in KD

Re: Static ethernet connection

2012-01-02 Thread Geoffrey Leach
On 01/02/2012 05:25:25 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 03.01.2012 02:22, schrieb Geoffrey Leach: > > I need to set up an ethernet connection to a device that needs a > static > > IP address. Can anyone point me to doc on how to do this? > > * disable networkmanager > * write a network-script

Re: Static ethernet connection

2012-01-02 Thread Ed Greshko
On 01/03/2012 09:22 AM, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > I need to set up an ethernet connection to a device that needs a static > IP address. Can anyone point me to doc on how to do this? > Reindl gave you one way Another, at least in KDE (I'm sure GNOME has the equivalent), is to open Network Manag

Re: Static ethernet connection

2012-01-02 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 03.01.2012 02:22, schrieb Geoffrey Leach: > I need to set up an ethernet connection to a device that needs a static > IP address. Can anyone point me to doc on how to do this? * disable networkmanager * write a network-script as all the years before cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-