Re: [DNG] Refracta have a static IP

2021-07-16 Thread Bernard Rosset via Dng
Hmm, that's new since I last **needed** to look in the man page for it - don't tell me you look at man pages for stuff you already know how to do, each time you do it ? I suppose ending up on a mailing list means you're looking for answers, hence there is by definition something you do *not*

Re: [DNG] Refracta have a static IP

2021-07-15 Thread Simon Hobson
Bernard Rosset via Dng wrote: > Documentation states, for both INET & INET6 families: > address address > Address (dotted quad/netmask) required > > netmask mask > Netmask (dotted quad or number of bits) deprecated > > Are we really debating how to configure network addresses

Re: [DNG] Refracta have a static IP

2021-07-14 Thread Marjorie Roome via Dng
On Wed, 2021-07-14 at 18:41 +, g4sra via Dng wrote: > If 'NetworkManager' rears its head.purge with prejudice would be > my advice. > On the other hand it /is/ quite straightforward to set static IPs if you /do/ use Network Manager. All I have in /etc/network/interfaces.d/interfaces is:

Re: [DNG] Refracta have a static IP

2021-07-14 Thread g4sra via Dng
<--snip--> > > What does the following show (everythingish installed that triggers dhclient) > for P in $(dpkg -l | grep dhcp); do apt-cache rdepends $P 2>/dev/null | grep > '|' ; done > > If 'NetworkManager' rears its head.purge with prejudice would be my > advice. Arrgh! that command

Re: [DNG] Refracta have a static IP

2021-07-14 Thread g4sra via Dng
On Tuesday, July 13th, 2021 at 9:41 PM, 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. >

Re: [DNG] Refracta have a static IP

2021-07-14 Thread Bernard Rosset via Dng
..could this be as simple as: address 192.168.0.199/24 #??? Yes No, in /etc/network/interfaces it needs a net mask line like this : auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.nnn.nnn netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.nnn.nnn No RTFM? Documentation states, for both

Re: [DNG] Refracta have a static IP

2021-07-14 Thread Simon Hobson
Arnt Karlsen wrote: >> 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

Re: [DNG] Refracta have a static IP

2021-07-14 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 16:41:06 -0400, Steve wrote in message <20210713164106.41efd...@mydesk.domain.cxm>: > 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

Re: [DNG] Refracta have a static IP

2021-07-14 Thread Hendrik Boom
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. >

Re: [DNG] Refracta have a static IP

2021-07-13 Thread tito via Dng
On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 16:41:06 -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. > >

Re: [DNG] Refracta have a static IP

2021-07-13 Thread Ralph Ronnquist via Dng
On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 16:41:06 -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. > >

Re: [DNG] Refracta have a static IP

2021-07-13 Thread Hector Gonzalez Jaime via Dng
On 7/13/21 3:41 PM, 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

[DNG] Refracta have a static IP

2021-07-13 Thread Steve Litt
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