How do I set static address?

Hello,

I was following this how-to. As I reach the network configuration part, I have tried putting in his example address, netmask, network, broadcast and gateway address. It turned out to be not working for me.

How do I know my details? I have searched in my Belkin wireless G-router website at 192.168.2.1 but there was no such details. By the way, I use dhcp. I am not sure if I can change tha in my server to a static address.

Can anyone help here?

Thanks, greatly.

 

Try this:

Code:

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.2.100
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        network 192.168.2.0
        broadcast 192.168.2.255
        gateway 192.168.2.1

 

Hi Falko, Thank you.

I will try it later, as I am fixing the partitioning part with my hard drive 0. Earlier it was okay, now I am just arranging my partitions again so it is easier to manage.

Thanks a lot for your help. I will definitely post back if it works or not.

Thanks, again.

 

Hi Falko,

It works. Thank you very much.

 

Is your system in a local network?