D'oh!
James Knott
james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Tue Dec 11 16:26:16 UTC 2007
Chris Aitken wrote:
> Chris Aitken wrote:
>
>> I've pooched my network connection on my computer (I'm using another
>> computer to send this).
>
> I went into 'network' in the menu and switched the connection from
> static back to DHCP-assigned address. So, now I have my Internet
> connection back. However, I still can't set up a static network address
> for my local network. This was so easy in fedora with neat - you just
> add a connection on the same physical interface. I'm going to try the
> manual method (editing /etc/network/interfaces). Scary, but I'll give it
> a try.
>
I assume you're using DHCP. Is there any reason you can't assign a
dedicated IP address to that computer's MAC address?
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