FC8 how to get static IP working

Bill Davidsen davidsen at tmr.com
Thu Nov 15 15:10:31 UTC 2007


Mike Wright wrote:
> Ed Greshko wrote:
>> Mike Wright wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi Ed,
>>>
>>> "static" is not a protocol.
>>
>>
>> It is in my ifcfg-eth0 file after a clean install....and I didn't put 
>> it there.
> 
> And you did not.  Frustrating, isn't it?  It was put there by the 
> anaconda installer.  I'm pretty certain that it is an error in the 
> installer; however, the good news is that all the other scripts seem to 
> be aware that it is a mistake and invisibly reset it to "none".

Of course the documentation could be change to cover the use of the far 
more readable "static" which might be a better solution for user.
> 
> Fortunately, unless you are writing or using custom scripts that rely on 
> the documentation, everything since that error have error checking that 
> sets it back to what it should have been... everywhere, that is, 
> _except_ in the network-scripts.
> 
> C'est la vie.
> 
> Gotta love open source.  We would not have known otherwise ;)
> 
>>
>>
>>> I'm curious where you got that information.  I've searched off and on
>>> for years and never found that documented anywhere although I have seen
>>> it used somewhat frequently and which may actually be a source of errors
>>> in some scripts.  From:
>>>
>>> The Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide
>>> Chapter 12. Network Scripts
>>>
>>> BOOTPROTO=<protocol>, where <protocol> is one of the following:
>>>      none — No boot-time protocol should be used.
>>>      bootp — The BOOTP protocol should be used.
>>>      dhcp — The DHCP protocol should be used.
>>>
>>> Additionally, grepping for BOOTPROTO in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/*
>>> finds no test for static.
>>>
>>> Based on that I'd have to say BOOTPROTO=none is correct.
>>>
>>> hth,
>>> Mike Wright
>>>
>>
>>
>>
> 


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