FIXED IP on FC 8

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Jim wrote:
> FC8 / KDE
> 
> I have a box that has DHCP setup, I have to communicate with 700 miles
> away, through a Linksys WRT54G, I have Port Forwarding setup in router
> to 192.16.1.100 to this box.
> But When rebooting this box 700 miles away computer, the IP is changed
> to 192.16.1.101 and I no longer can connect to it , because router is
> set to
> Port Forwarding to 192.168.1.100.
> 
> If I do a Static IP setup on that box FC8, 700 miles away, how will
> NetworkManager come in to play ??
> Will it have problem with a setup Static IP ??
> 
> And does someone have have a Static IP example of
> /etc/sysconfig/network.scripts/ifcfg-eth0 that I can use to do setup
> correctly, I don't completely trust system-config-network to do it
> right, let just say, I have had a bad experience in the past. I like to
> go into ifcfg-eth0 and edit what I want.
> 
One way to handle this is to give the MAC address of the NIC a fixed
IP address in the router. What I think happened in this case is that
the computer did not release the lease on 192.168.1.100 when it
rebooted, and did not ask to renew that lease when it booted. So it
was given the next free IP address.

I do not think you want to use NetworkManager is this case anyway.
Under the normal configuration, the network is not going to come up
until someone logs in. If you are going to be doing remote access,
you are better off using the network service instead. That makes
setting a static IP address easier. But you will want to make sure
the static address you use in not in the range the router gives out
using DHCP.

Mikkel
-- 

  Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: OpenPGP digital signature
URL: <http://listman.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/attachments/20081120/e1eb2622/attachment-0001.sig>