FC8 how to get static IP working
Mike Wright
mike.wright at mailinator.com
Tue Nov 13 18:59:55 UTC 2007
Ed Greshko wrote:
> Chu Tan wrote:
>
>>I've used fedora's network configuration tool to setup eth0 to use a
>>static IP address, however it always boot up using DHCP.
>>
>>Here's my config files and I have tried ifdown and ifup on eth0 on
>>command line and it is still using the dhcp ip address.
>>
>>/etc/sysconfig/network
>>NETWORKING=yes
>>HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain
>>
>>/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
>># Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt
>># for the documentation of these parameters.
>>GATEWAY=192.168.2.1
>>TYPE=Ethernet
>>DEVICE=eth0
>>BOOTPROTO=none
>>NETMASK=255.255.255.0
>>IPADDR=192.168.2.3
>>ONBOOT=yes
>>USERCTL=no
>>IPV6INIT=no
>>PEERDNS=yes
>
>
> Change BOOTPROTO=static
Hi Ed,
"static" is not a protocol.
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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