ssh - cannot log in

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

David Katz wrote:
> Thanks, I do understand that there is an internal and an external
> address. I want to force my workstation to have the internal
> address 192.168.1.140 so that my router will forward port 22 to
> the right machine - it's set up to do that so that my windows
> stuff works.  Can I make Fedora assign a specific internal
> address? Because interally I'm not always at 192.168.1.2; it
> seems to depend on which machine logs in first.
> 
> I'd be happy to do any reading - can you point me at the right
> doc? I've searched a lot but haven't got the right keywords or
> fully understood some of what I've read....
> 
You can set it to use a static IP address. You may also be able to
tell the router to always assign the same IP address to the MAC
address of the NIC in your machine. Most routers have this option. I
use it often to assure that the network printers have the correct IP
address.

Mikkel
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