9.04 desktop, static IP address configuration fails

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Fri, 6/26/09, bill <william at TechServSys.com> wrote:

> From: bill <william at TechServSys.com>

>  
> when I go preferences > network
> connection
> 
> and change it from DHCP to manual and add a connection I
> can enter the
> IP address (192.168.0.101) and the subnet mask
> (255.255.255.0) and
> gateway (192.168.0.20), but when I click apply it changes
> the gateway
> back to 0.0.0.0.  
> 
> 
> 
> I decided to do it manually and opened
> /etc/network/interfaces, and
> found it only had two lines in it, with none of the
> addressing
> information as it does on the server version.
> 
> 
> 
> 1) anyone have an idea as to why it will not accept and
> keep the
> gateway address, and
> 
What does /etc/resolv.conf say? I'm not 
totally sure if resolv.conf is automagically updated but if not you 
will have to change resolv.conf manually.

> 2) where is the data kept ?
> 
Hmmm, resolv.conf, NM and wicd to name some. HTH
> 
> 
Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net