On Sunday 23 January 2005 07:55 pm, Curt Howland wrote: > If you're not averse to a little bit of hand editing, this is how I do > it: > > In /etc/network/interfaces > -------------------------- > #iface eth0 inet dhcp > iface eth0 inet static > address 10.12.14.16 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > -------------------------- <snip> Thanks, I will do it that way if the mapping approach does not work for me.