Static IP address assignments [WAS Re: NIC Settings for IBM Thinkpad T30 / wired & wireless]

[Derek Broughton]

SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux wrote:

> Hi Derek
> Not a native English speaker I cannot follow nor understand properly
> what you mean and believe you are somewhat in error !?
> 
> Speaking in static IP addresses here it's behind the the Wireless-Modem
> Access Point Router !!

However, almost all routers provide IP addresses via DHCP.

>>From my ISP I am getting dynamic IP's of course.

And your router _gets_ those dynamic IPs via DHCP.

> Since more than 10 years with mainly OS/2 Warp I have absolutely not
> problems to setup as I discuss here ;-) With my little experience in WIN
> XP Pro I able to to so too ;-))
> 
> Why so complicated / difficult with Linux ???

It isn't.  You install, the default network configuration asks for addresses
via DHCP and some router down the line provides them.  No muss, no fuss.

You've got the router, so just go into it's configuration interface, where
you should be able to find a page that lets you specify the MAC addresses
for interfaces to be allowed on the LAN, and an address to give to that
MAC.  Then you don't need to have multiple (potentially out of
synch) /etc/hosts files, and there's only one simple web page to modify to
keep a set of static local IPs.
-- 
derek