Ubuntu and static IP address

[Karl F. Larsen]

David Fox wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> NoOp wrote:
> 
>> karl at Jaunty:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
>>  auto lo
>>  iface lo inet loopback
>> # iface eth0 inet static
>> # address 192.168.2.6
>> # netmask 255.255.255.0
>> #gateway 192.168.0.1
> 
> Offhand, your problem is that all the important bits are commented
> out. Thus, they are ignored. No wonder it won't work. Uncomment the
> important stuff, save and exit, do sudo ifdown eth0, then sudo ifup
> eth0, and it should work, assuming your addresses are all right.
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