Re: [Hampshire] Static IP address keeps changing

On Sat, 9 Dec 2006 10:46:37 +0000
Tim <xendistar@???> wrote:


> I am having a problem with the static IP address on my main debian
> box since last weeks bab meeting. At the meeting I had to change
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> Now twice this week I have found that the box had changed from my
> required static address of 192.168.1.74 to 192.168.1.70 can anybody
> suggest why it is changing. Prior to the bab meeting there was not
> a problem. A simple stop start of the network corrects the problem?

the only thing I can think of is that you have a DSL router that is
trying to give you a dhcp address. The setup in
/etc/network /interfaces looks OK to me

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John Lewis
Debian Linux with Geneweb genealogy application