Ubuntu 9.04: overzealous DHCP client

[Lucio M Nicolosi]

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 11:33 PM, Steve Reilly <sfreilly at roadrunner.com> wrote:
> Maurizio Vitale wrote:
>> I switched to DHCP using the Network Manager in order to connect
>> directly to my ADSL modem and debug a few issues I had.
>>
>> Upon switching back to static IP assignment (the switching itself works)
>> I find myself switched back after a few tens of minutes (haven't figured
>> out if it is on the hour, but I have nothing in my cron.hourly).
>>
>> Somebody knows who might be the culprit and point me in the right
>> direction?
>> Before touching the Network Manager for setting DHCP I've been running
>> with static assignment since 8.10.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>         Maurizio
>
>
> apt-get install wicd
>
> network manager does not do static ips correctly
>
> --
> Steve Reilly
>

I have Jaunty AMD64 set for Static IP for some time without worries,
even alternating between Static and DHCP.

A related bug on Karmic has just been corrected.

What releases are you both currently using?

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