[CLUG] Question on setting UP address.

[Donncha O Caoimh]

Either hard code the IP address, look in
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (as I told you on the phone :P
Or work within the DHCP environment and tell your DHCP admin to allocate
the same IP to the MAC address of the NIC on the Linux box..
/sbin/ifconfig will tell you the MAC address (It's the numbers after the
word "HWaddr")

The second way is probably the better way of doing it.

Donncha.


Conor Lynch wrote:
> 
> Hi there,
>      I currently have a linux machine connecting to a Windows LAN using
> DHCP.  The server has been set a new IP address and I want to switch it back
> to the old one.  Any tips on setting a static IP address on a linux machine?
> 
> Any help greatly appreciated,
> Cheers,
>      Conor.