Ubuntu and static IP address

[David Curtis]

On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:04:05 -0500
Chris Mohler <cr33dog at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >        I never though it would be so difficult. I tried several
> > ideas from a Google search and 100% of then failed! I think it
> > must be VERY hard to get Ubuntu set up to ask for and get a
> > single IP address.
> 
> man interfaces
> man ifconfig
> man route
> 
> Until my desktop tower fried, it had a static IP - Ubuntu 8.10, IIRC.

I think he means via dhcp. In that case it's:

man dhclient.conf


Dave