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==Static IP==
 
==Static IP==
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Instructions for setting a static IP address
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Before you begin, get you need the static ip address; a gateway ip address; and a DNS server ip address. On a Windows XP machine, go to the Control Panel and select network connections. Select the connection you are interested in, click on the Support tab and then the Details button, where these data will be listed.
  
 
1. Open the Terminal Activity
 
1. Open the Terminal Activity
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  ifconfig
 
  ifconfig
  
take note of the eth device: it will eth0 or eth1 or something similar
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take note of the eth or wlan device: it will eth0 or eth1 or wlan0 or something similar
  
 
5. Type:
 
5. Type:
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6. Type:
 
6. Type:
 
  ifconfig eth0 static-ip-address
 
  ifconfig eth0 static-ip-address
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e.g.,
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ifconfig eth0 192.168.18.140
 
(or the eth device seen at Step 4)
 
(or the eth device seen at Step 4)
  
 
7. Type:
 
7. Type:
 
  route add default gw gateway-ip-address
 
  route add default gw gateway-ip-address
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e.g.,
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route add default gw 192.168.18.1
  
 
8. Edit:
 
8. Edit:
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and add your DNS server as per:
 
and add your DNS server as per:
 
  nameserver DNS-ip-address
 
  nameserver DNS-ip-address
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e.g.,
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nameserver 192.168.16.15

Latest revision as of 12:57, 16 April 2009

Static IP

Instructions for setting a static IP address

Before you begin, get you need the static ip address; a gateway ip address; and a DNS server ip address. On a Windows XP machine, go to the Control Panel and select network connections. Select the connection you are interested in, click on the Support tab and then the Details button, where these data will be listed.

1. Open the Terminal Activity

2. Click on the Tab tab

3. Click on the Root icon (upper right) to start a root process

4. Type:

ifconfig

take note of the eth or wlan device: it will eth0 or eth1 or wlan0 or something similar

5. Type:

/etc/init.d/NetworkManager stop

6. Type:

ifconfig eth0 static-ip-address

e.g.,

ifconfig eth0 192.168.18.140

(or the eth device seen at Step 4)

7. Type:

route add default gw gateway-ip-address

e.g.,

route add default gw 192.168.18.1

8. Edit:

/etc/resolve.conf

and add your DNS server as per:

nameserver DNS-ip-address

e.g.,

nameserver 192.168.16.15