On Saturday 09 December 2006 17:08, Tony Whitmore wrote:
> Tim wrote:
> > On Saturday 09 December 2006 15:43, Tony Whitmore wrote:
> >> You probably have a DHCP client (like dhclient or dhcpc) running. This
> >> will keep over-writting static configuration information every time the
> >> DHCP lease is up for renewal.
> >
> > Thanks Tony dhclient was running, so I have killed it off.
> >
> > Not sure why dhclient starting on bootup is causing a problem as I never
> > had this problem till after last weeks bab, this box has been on static
> > IP since I have had it.
>
> <snip>
>
> > How do I stop dhclient from loading at bootup without uninstalling it?
>
> Well, your /etc/network/interfaces file should control whether dhclient
> is starting or not, and it looks correct to me. Who helped you set up
> your networking at the meeting? Perhaps they did something a little...
> non-standard?
>
> Tony
My box is normally static, once Adrian and Hugo got the router running (Adrian
had to pinch my keyboard!!) I had to switch to dhcp, so I asked Hugo how who
told me to hash out the static bits /etc/network/interfaces and add the lines
for dhcp, restart the network and that was it.
When I got home I simply hashed the dhcp bits (ready for my next bab
attendance) and unhashed the static lines saved the file did a restart and
the rest is history.
Tim
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