[H-GEN] Static IP address

[Patrick Nichols]

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Paul Clarke said:

> All my servers have a static IP, My new (first) Debian box has been
> setup with a dynamic IP. How do I change it?

edit /etc/network/interfaces

> The trick is obviously to edit the interfaces file, but I can't find the
> syntax for the line. My interfaces file says:
>
> Auto eth0
> Iface eth0 inet dhcp

"man interfaces" reveals all.

Maybe something like this is the answer:

iface eth1 inet static
     address 192.168.0.1
     network 192.168.0.0
     netmask 255.255.255.0
     broadcast 192.168.0.255

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Regards,
Patrick Nichols



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