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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