On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 06:30, Curt <cu...@free.fr> wrote: > > I trust the server, I guess; it's my ISP, so I really have to trust > them way above and beyond whatever dhclient can or cannot do. I could > set up a static address for the interface (if I knew how--I do have a > static address). Where does that go? In /etc/network/interfaces?
Yes. For DHCP you have something like this: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp For static you do something like this: iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.5 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.1.254 (use "ifconfig" and "ip route" to get your numbers if needed) > Then there's also the question of the dns servers, which can change > from time to time (or maybe they rarely do, I dunno). It's pretty rare, really. The only time I have seen a problem is if the network undergoes a major change, e.g. one ISP acquires another. Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAFoWM=_fg5hhuovphdns-s2e8w0jwa2ezto_pou4p8aiupt...@mail.gmail.com
