how to assign static ip address

[Tom H]

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 1:35 AM, yatheesh y <yatheeshlib at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 1:12 AM, yatheesh y <yatheeshlib at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > could you tell me how assign static ip address
>> >
>> > which steps i have to follow
>>
>> With or without NM.
>
> My aim is not change ip address of my computer
>
> I dont know which is good

Since you don't know which, I'll have to assume that you're using NM.

Go to "System - Preferences - network Connections", highlight the
wired or wireless NIC that you want to change, click on "Edit", click
on the "IPv4 settings" tab, choose "Manual" from the method dropdown,
click on "Add" to enter the static address/netmask/gateway...