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# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)
# The loopback interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian installation
# (network, broadcast and gateway are optional)
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.10
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.1.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255
gateway 192.168.1.1
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The last section is the most important, the top may or may not be the same so don't play with it unless you get an error. In this case the IP of the server is 192.168.1.10 so if you run it as a DNS server for example, you can set that in your router's config and not worry about it changing.
To apply this configuration type /etc/init.d/networking restart
You'll get a message that it's restarting the network interface, then you'll get booted off ssh (because the IP changed) so reconnect using the new IP and it should work.
In red hat this file is /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and you would put this in it:
[code]
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=static
ONBOOT=yes
IPADDR=192.168.1.10
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
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hate to be off-topic but u use sympatico don't you? cuz that ip address (192.168.1.*) is a sympatico ip...or is it the SMC router ip....i forget but thanks a lot i plan on running a dual boot soon with mandrake once i get my computer back and this might help me out a bit
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ohok, i am not too great with LAN and even networks in general... i find that stuff kind of bores me but ya cuz i use a router and i had to reconfig some stuff to work with 192.168.2.1 ip addresses to connect to my router, but i think that stuff was just relating to the network and it was so slow to load it and just a pain in the arse to do
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Yeah networks can get complicated... especially when linux is involved. Half the settings I do I don't understand, I just follow a tutorial and cross my fingers as I type /etc/init.d/program restart. Thankfully though, dns settings can be reused when upgrading, DNS is a real PIA to configure, took me nearly a month to get it right and it still is not exactly what I want.
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hahaha I had to set a different static IP in debian so I searched google and this topic was the first. I knew I made this topic for my own good as well as others.
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i plan on running a dual boot soon with mandrake once i get my computer back and this might help me out a bit 
I knew I made this topic for my own good as well as others.