Fixed addresses for 8.04?

[Matthew Flaschen]

Gene Heskett wrote:
> Greetings;
> 
> I am trying to get a box with 8.04 on it, set up for a fixed network address.

sudo apt-get remove network-manager

Then put something like:

iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.0.100
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        network 192.168.0.0
        broadcast 192.168.0.255
        gateway 192.168.0.1

in

/etc/network/interfaces

See http://codesnippets.joyent.com/posts/show/319  and man  5 interfaces
for details.

> Since it appears that the normal configuration (ifcfg-eth0 and friends) files 
> have been deprecated and NM is doing it all,

Hardly.  Of course people are now going to tell you, "Just give NM one
more chance!".  It's a waste of time.

Matt Flaschen