Ubuntu 9.04: overzealous DHCP client
Maurizio Vitale
mav at cuma.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me
Wed Oct 7 20:59:56 UTC 2009
>>>>> "Lucio" == Lucio M Nicolosi <lmnicolosi at gmail.com> writes:
Lucio> 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
>>
Lucio> I have Jaunty AMD64 set for Static IP for some time without worries,
Lucio> even alternating between Static and DHCP.
Lucio> A related bug on Karmic has just been corrected.
Lucio> What releases are you both currently using?
9.04 on X86_64.
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