Re: setting up a static IP address

[Lisi <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>]

On Monday 15 August 2011 16:05:43 gnubayonne-debian451@yahoo.com wrote:
> >All I did at my end to set this up was to change /etc/network/interfaces
> > to
> >
> >the following:
> >
> >auto lo
> >iface lo inet loopback
> >
> ># The primary network interface
> >allow-hotplug eth0
> >iface eth0 inet static
> >address 10.97.14.253
> >netmask 255.255.255.0
> >gateway 10.97.14.1
> >
> >auto eth0
>
> Have u tried putting the auto eth0 before the lines specifying the static
> ip?

That would be my first guess too, but I also wondered whether you were trying 
to run both your boxen with the same IP, since you say that the other one 
works.

Lisi