IP Address confusion

[David L. Gehrt]

> I am rebuilding a database server that crashed.  I'm trying to tell the
> machine what it's IP (static) address is.  xxx.xxx.xxx.156  Sadly I cannot
> get internet access with this.  If I try xxx.xxx.xxx.56 I get internet
> access.  But 156 is a valid IP according to the DNS, so it has to work.  Is
> there somewhere other than the network manager that I'm supposed to tell the
> machine what it's IP is?
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When  I read  this  I thought  about  a conflict  with  a DHCP  server's
configuration.  For example  if DHCP can assign volatile  addresses in a
range of .100 to .253 an address of xxx.xxx.xxx.150 might be problematic
if the DHCP  server was on a gateway  to the Internet.  I am  sure I had
the Linksys  DHCP server  assigning static addresses  at one point  as a
RESULT OF a similar problem with my Linksys wireless router.

I could be all wet here, it is just a thought.

dlg