Why is adding a new Ubuntu PC to an existing LAN such a pain?

[John R Cichy]

On Sat, 2007-01-20 at 23:26 +0000, Bob Adams wrote:

> >
> >How are you getting your IP address initially? Do you have a DHCP server
> >running?
> >
> No, no DHCP server present so I'm using (or trying to) static addresses.
> This is quite likely the reason for the hangs (Ubuntu assumes a server
> will be present which is not a really good idea.)
> 
During the install you are given the choice to use static or DHCP, you
should be putting your static in at this time.

John