network-manager

[Jeffrey F. Bloss]

Mario Vukelic wrote:

> On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 17:20 -0500, John Dangler wrote:
> > Ok. I'm becoming convinced that ubuntu 6.06 with wireless setup as
> > static IP just doesn't work. 
> 
> Do you have control over the wireless router? If you you can usually
> configure it to use DHCP but still serve a static IP: you do this by
> locking a particular IP to a particular MAC address in the router
> setup

FWIW, many routers assign addresses via DHCP starting at a configurable
address, but still accept connections at lower (higher ?) addresses by
default from interfaces configured with a static IP. No MAC address
mapping necessary. My newish Linksys for instance gives my laptop a
dynamic IP above 192.168.1.100, but is perfectly happy with my mail
server being hard wired for 192.168.1.10. It "just works". :)

Your router mileage may vary...

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