RE: Reconfigure IP address
I don't seem to have dhcp folder let alone dhclient.leases. Additional
info - my ISP IP address has not changed however I have a router between
the computer and the ISP. When I look into the router's DHCP Client
tables it does not show up. I've taken this computer(laptop) with me to
work a few times but it doesn't recognize the DHCP server that we have
there.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Johnson [mailto:ron.l.johnson@cox.net]
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 3:38 AM
To: orion28@drexel.edu
Subject: RE: Reconfigure IP address
On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 21:11, Nicholas Imfeld wrote:
> I'm having some issues with DHCP/Static IP that fits in with this.
When
> I installed Debian the setup couldn't detect my DHCP server so I put
> static values in temporarily. Then later I added lines to the
> /etc/network/interfaces file. It looks exactly like the one below. I
> can get onto my network just fine, but it seems like it never gave up
> its static ip. Is there some other place where it stores its network
> data that needs to be modified? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Try the log file /var/dhcp/dhclient.leases
Also, maybe your ISP just hasn't changed your IP address.
Under Cox@Home, I had the same IP for a year, and now that
@Home has disolved, and after some initial "uncertainty",
I've had the same IP now for a month.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Johnson [mailto:ron.l.johnson@cox.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 7:32 PM
> To: debuser
> Subject: Re: Reconfigure IP address
>
> On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 17:04, Michael Montagne wrote:
> > To reconfigure my IP address from DHCP to a static address, I need
to
> > run dpkg-reconfigure netbase, right? If this is not correct, where
> can
> > I get more info. I just get the feeling that I'm not supposed to
edit
> > /etc/network/interfaces. The warnings seem to imply that I should
let
> > debconf do what it does best.
>
> I edited /etc/network/interfaces by hand before I even heard of
> dpkg-reconfigure. Here's my interfaces, from when I converted
> from static to dhcp. You'd just have to change the "dhcp" to
> "static", uncomment out the specifics, and change them to what
> ever your ISP says.
>
> $ cat /etc/network/interfaces
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
> # address 24.181.111.92
> # netmask 255.255.255.0
> # network 24.181.111.0
> # broadcast 24.181.111.255
> # gateway 24.181.111.1
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