<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Thanks Karl. I believe that mine is now set up right. --- On Mon, 10/5/09, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1@gmail.com> wrote: <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> From: Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Static IP (Ubuntu 9.04) To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> Date: Monday, October 5, 2009, 1:00 PM <div class="plainMail">Michael White wrote: > Ok guys my first real problem with Ubuntu. > > I want to set up a static IP address for this computer so that I can use TVersity. > > Remember that I am still new to Linux and please bear with me because the sooner I can learn what everything does and all the commands the sooner I won't need help and I can help others. > > I have read several articles on the issue at hand. Each one of them saying a something different. I want someone to walk me through this process if they would. > > I am using a Linksys router. DHCP is enabled. > > The IP that I wish to use is 192.168.1.250 > The default gateway for the router is 192.168.1..1 > Finally the DNS servers are: > 24.158.63.8 > 24.158..63.9 > 24.197.97.136 (never seen this one before but it showed up with the ipconfig /all command in windows XP.) > > Obviously the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0 > > Thanks in advance for the help. > > > > > I tried to get my Ubuntu 9.04 to use a pre-set ip and like you I found the information was conflicting. I do know for a fact that wica will not now support a fixed ip. It may in future versions. Newwork Manager does have a way to set a particular ip and it displays this always. But it is tricky and I have yet to succeed. 73 Karl -- Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI Linux User #450462 <a href="http://counter.li.org" target="_blank">http://counter.li.org</a>. Key ID = 3951B48D -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a ymailto="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" href="/mc/compose?to=ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </div></blockquote></td></tr></table>