Forcing static address in 12.04

[Karl Auer]

On Wed, 2015-06-10 at 22:01 +0900, Joel Rees wrote:
> > address 192.168.144.8
> interesting address.

Not very interesting at all. It looks perfectly fine for a static IP
address on a /24 network.

> > netmask 255.255.255.0
> > network 192.168.0.0
> Network unreachable. Yes.

Nope, not at all. That combination will work just fine, though the
network statement is misleading and unnecessary.

> Try 192.168.144.0 for the network.

Best would be to omit it altogether. Modern Linux doesn't need it and as
far as I know just ignores it. I can't actually remember ever using it.

> > broadcast 192.168.144.233
> > gateway 192.168.144.233
> Yes. Wonderful. Hit the gateway to broadcast. That will definitely
> make your network experience enjoyable.

Sarcasm doesn't help anyone, and this error has already been pointed out
and (hopefully) fixed.

> No. Don't do that. Use something sane for the broadcast address, like,
> oh, I dunno, maybe 192.168.144.255 or 192.168.255.255.

The broadcast address can usually be left out altogether. Linux will
work it out for you. In this particular case, if it were to be kept, it
should be 192.168.144.255.

Regards, K.

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