Comments on: Change Ubuntu System from DHCP to a Static IP Address

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:20:20 +0000

For those struggling with network-manager. Just remove it.

sudo apt-get remove network-manager

By: ADreamer

ADreamer — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:21:34 +0000

I cloned the recipe and tried it… only to find out that I can no longer reach the network. Then I added the lines
dnsserver X.X.X.X
to the ones above, and the static IP worked
thanks a lot

By: BadGirl91

BadGirl91 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:20:21 +0000

Your device must coexist with other hardware and applications. ,

By: D1mon

D1mon — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:15:48 +0000

It does not work with wifi DNS router.

By: rdeschene3

rdeschene3 — Sun, 31 May 2009 02:08:50 +0000

Worth mentioning here is that you can specify the DNS server IP#s from opendns.com in /etc/resolv.conf if you want. Alternately, you could leave the nameserver IP# in /etc/resolv.conf as your router’s IP#, and using static DNS server IP#

I have found opendns.com’s DNS servers to be much faster than many ISP’s, and my ISP would typically do service on their DNS servers over the weekend and our home router and it would be slow in relaying the changing DNS server IP#s

By: Elliot

Elliot — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:10:09 +0000

awesome. worked a treat! now i’ve got my local server with no conflicts

By: Dale E. Moore

Dale E. Moore — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:45:50 +0000

Leave “auto eth0″ but disable it.

Create a new wired with the MAC from “auto eth0″ and all info.

By: ulfr

ulfr — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:12:32 +0000

I had some trouble getting the settings to work,
the error I made was to omit the line “auto eth0″, it is essential!
The lines network and broadcast can safely be omitted, they are calculated automatically from the address and netmask values.

By: dodo

dodo — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:58:36 +0000

sorry it was kde 4.2

By: dodo

dodo — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:56:49 +0000

hi i tried to fix my connection that way but i didnt succed .. i tried in kde 2.4 im newbie .. please help i put the ip netmask gateway and dns corectly but does not connect .. what should i do next .:( i tried modify that document .. but dont work .. please help .. and please email me whit some answers

By: Drew

Drew — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:16:48 +0000

Jess - in your config you’ve mispelt address “adress”. perhaps this is the source of yur original problem

By: Jess

Jess — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:04:05 +0000

Hi again, I came across an alternative solution!

Just use Wicd instead of network manager, as network manager doesn’t support static IPs.

To get Wicd just follow the instructions here

Hope that helps

Jess

By: Jess

Jess — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:17:52 +0000

Hi, I’m trying to set up a static IP to get Azureus working properly

Using sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

I added the following to my /etc/network/interfaces:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
adress 192.168.2.200
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.2.0
broadcast 192.168.2.255
gateway 192.168.2.1

then restart using

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

During this process it gives me the following:

* Reconfiguring network interfaces…
Don’t seem to be have all the variables for wlan0/inet.
Failed to bring up wlan0.

I don’t understand what variables are missing…
I tried the same configuration with eth0 and it gives me a similar message

Thanks in advance to anyone who could shed some light on this problem

Jess

By: Cesco

Cesco — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:01:44 +0000

I’m at the start point! I’m connected with wlan0 interface configurated with an internal ip, and wlan0:0 configurated with an external ip. But network is unrecheable.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:13:14 +0000

@Cesco

you need to make sure which DNS servers you are using in your ubuntu system

you need to edit the following file

sudo nano /etc/resolve.conf you need to add your isp DNS servers with the following syntax

nameserver X.X.X.X
nameserver X.X.X.X

X.X.X.X - Your ISP DNS servers

save and exit the file

By: Cesco

Cesco — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:24:31 +0000

I need to set a internet static ip on ubuntu. Unfortunately, my connection pass by a router that have a public ip on internet. when i set public static ip, y ubuntu computer can’t go on internet. What’s the way to resolve? Thnx

By: runswithscissors

runswithscissors — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:26:21 +0000

if you’re having problems with
sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces
try
sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

By: Raja

Raja — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:36:28 +0000

Documentation is good

By: JAM

JAM — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:01:44 +0000

Thanks for this!
Worked a treat

JAM

By: Tauxz

Tauxz — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:34:05 +0000

I really need help
after changing my IP settings

how to i save and restart.

i tried using
sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart but it does not restart

pls advice me if i doing the right thing…