On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 08:14:50 -0500 Ken Heard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> However, even though the DHCP server is enabled, it appears that once > the gateway -- or at least mine -- initially assigns an IP address to > a computer at random it is never changed thereafter. This > arrangement consequently obviates the need to assign them manually, a > complicated procedure. If you ever get in trouble this should be the first place to look. And setting static is not so difficult. This is from my /etc/network/interfaces ---------------------------------------------------------- # The primary network interface allow-hotplug eth0 #iface eth0 inet dhcp iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.77.77 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.77.1 # this is needed if you have resolvconf package installed # otherwise comment it out and use /etc/resolv.conf dns-nameservers 192.168.77.1 ---------------------------------------------------------- I commented out the line with dhcp and added the rest. Please note that my gateway runs a caching DNS proxy (dnsmasq) so I don't need to use the real DNS server of my ISP except on the gateway. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]