On Thu, 2005-11-24 at 13:29 -0500, Kenneth Jacker wrote: > [ sarge ] > > Looking in interfaces(5), it doesn't appear that I can include an > "address" line (where I could specify a desired address) within > /etc/network/interfaces for a 'dhcp'-configured interface. > > However, what I'd like to do somehow is make my RFC1819 addresses > remain the same at home, but still use DHCP for DNS, etc. Depending > on what I boot when, the addresses all change thus messing up firewall > settings and other "stuff". > > Maybe I must just go with "iface ... static" instead of "iface ... dhcp"? > > What would people suggest for this?
If you're using DHCP and you want to have "static" IPs for your devices what you need to do is assign a static lease on the DHCP server. Assuming you're using dhcpd you'll want something similar to this in your dhcpd.conf: host yourhostname { hardware ethernet 00:11:22:AA:BB:CC; fixed-address 192.168.0.123; } If you're also running your own DNS server you can actually specify the fixed-address line using a DNS name. If you're not using dhcpd, then you'll need to look for some reference to assigning a static lease and go from there. Hope that helps. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837
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