static ip

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fredinator · #1 Post by **fredinator** » 2006-01-05 04:16

how do i set up a static ip in debian. i have adsl with a router.

dnusinow · #2 Post by **dnusinow** » 2006-01-05 04:24

Set it up in /etc/network/interfaces. Read man interfaces for plenty of good docs and examples.

sstone · #3 Post by **sstone** » 2006-01-05 12:17

i have like this:

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# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

Must be enabled the dhcp server on the router and it's done.

Guest · #4 Post by **Guest** » 2006-01-07 20:16

I think you can use the following settings in /etc/network/interfaces

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# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# Your static IP 
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
       address 192.168.79.29
       netmask 255.255.255.0
       network 192.168.79.0
       broadcast 192.168.79.255
       gateway 192.168.79.254

fredinator · #5 Post by **fredinator** » 2006-01-08 12:18

how do i view my current settings (in dhcp) so i can set them the same

Jeroen · #6 Post by **Jeroen** » 2006-01-08 14:26

A combination of ifconfig (seeing your current IP and broadcast address, and netmask) and route -n (seeing your gateway and your netmask). Post output of both over here if you need help with that.

Guest · #7 Post by **Guest** » 2006-01-09 02:46

route -n

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Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.1.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
0.0.0.0         192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0

ifconfig

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eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:01:6C:B0:B6:67
          inet addr:192.168.1.2  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::201:6cff:feb0:b667/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:3026 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2100 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:4405603 (4.2 MiB)  TX bytes:146093 (142.6 KiB)
          Interrupt:217 Base address:0xe800

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:72 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:72 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:4740 (4.6 KiB)  TX bytes:4740 (4.6 KiB)

Jeroen · #8 Post by **Jeroen** » 2006-01-09 08:40

So you're having address 192.168.1.2, netmask 255.255.255.0, broadcast 192.168.1.255, network 192.168.1.0, gateway 192.168.1.1

This is a local area network (LAN), that is not routeable from the internet, for example, this could be a small LAN as created by plugging systems into a typical broadband router -- via the gateway, you'll most likely have access to the internet using NAT.