On Fri, 2007-12-21 at 03:04 +0200, Peter Lauri wrote: > I use FC8 on my T61. I set static addresses for everything, but still > dhcp tries to figure out the IP. And it ends up that the IP has > something like 169.X.X.X That's not from DHCP. 169.254.x.y addresses are "link-local" addresses (automatic self-configuration in the absence of something external assigning an address). > Initially when I do ifup eth0 it works fine, and I can use internet, > but after a minute (the indicator tells that "aquiring network > address") it goes from 85.X.X.X (that is the correct one) to 169.X.X.X > that is some internal address I think. That sounds like carrying on using a prior address for a while, one previously leased, and it expiring while in use. You could be firewalled off from a DHCP server, or not on the same network, or set to use (despite your wishes) and one periodically connects to your network. Since you want a static address, go through your list of services, and stop and turn off automatic network features (NetworkManager*, avahi*), leave "network" set to run. Carefully manually configure your network, examining all the options available to you. -- (This computer runs FC7, my others run FC4, FC5 & FC6, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
