I want all my boxen on static IPs. This has not heretofore been a problem.
It still isn't on the rest of the network, but it is on my desktop. I have
solved it for teh moment by using DHCP, but I would still prefer a static IP.
(Easier for port-forwarding etc.)
As the interfaces file stands (see below) it works fine. But if I comment out
the fourth line and comment the following five lines back in, I cannot
connect. So something is wrong. I have tried other files that have worked
before for me or now for other people, all with no success. :-(
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auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
# iface eth0 inet static
# address 192.168.0.2
# netmask 255.255.255.0
# gateway 192.168.0.1
# dns-nameservers 212.23.3.100 212.23.6.100
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Can anyone see what is wrong? All suggestions very gratefully received.
TIA
Lisi
