how to make a static ip address

[Phil Meyer]

Scott Berry wrote:
> Hello there,
>  
> I was told by Linksys support to set my ip address to 192.168.1.5 as 
> static.  How is this done through /sbin/ifconfig?
>  
> Scott
# ifconfig eth0 inet 192.168.1.5 netmask 255.255.255.0