Setting static IP address

[Sandip Bhattacharya]

tudza wrote:

> The second problem is that when I switch to manual and set things, the
> IP does get set correctly and stays the same from re-boot to re-boot,
> but my default gateway doesn't seem to stick around.  The result is
> that my machine cannot use the Internet.

Can you check if the gateway parameter for your interface is defined
in /etc/networking/interfaces?

- Sandip

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