Use static IP?

[papaschtroumpf]

I want to set my Kubuntu box on static IP, because I use port forwarding to that machine so it can't change address.

I see this set of instructions repeated everywhere:

sudo vim /etc/network/interfaces

the edit the eth0 interface accordingly.

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp


unfortunately, in my case /etc/network/interfaces only contains the lo interface, eth0 doesn't appear.

[GreyGeek]

Re: Use static IP?

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-...iguration.html

Here is a general guide to Kubuntu: http://kubuntuguide.org/Lucid

[oshunluvr]

Re: Use static IP?

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.199
gateway 192.168.1.1
netmask 255.255.255.0

Substitute your ip and gateway

[Ole Juul]

Re: Use static IP?

Don't forget to put your nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf

nameserver 208.67.222.222
nameserver 208.67.220.220

Finally:

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

[papaschtroumpf]

Re: Use static IP?

I did all that and it seems to work, however the applet in the system tray now shows the network as unconnected, and I can't figure out how to remove it.

[sithlord48]

Re: Use static IP?

I did all that and it seems to work, however the applet in the system tray now shows the network as unconnected, and I can't figure out how to remove it.

the network manager will always show unconnected because the networkmanager is not connected (but the machine is). if you right click in the system tray area you can configure it to not show the network manager applet.

[Ole Juul]

Re: Use static IP?

I did all that and it seems to work, however the applet in the system tray now shows the network as unconnected, and I can't figure out how to remove it.

That's because there are now two managers. One is not doing it's job and the other one is. Shoot the other one. LOL