Frank Cox wrote: > On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:21:10 -0400 > Rick Bilonick <rab@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> How do I get the >> static IP address using Network Manager/nm-applet given the dhcp daemon >> is not running? > > You tell you dhcp server to give a static address to your mac address upon > request. That's set up on your dhcp server, NOT on your laptop. *OR* you tell your laptop to *NOT* use DHCP for the ethernet interface, and configure your static address using system-config-network. This may ultimately involve using some sort of network profiles if your static address at home differs from your static address at work. >> (I have no dhcpd.config because the daemon has not been >> started. AFAIK, there is no reason for my laptop to be providing dhcp >> connections.) > > Right. This stuff is set up on the machine (router, whatever) that provides > your dhcp service, NOT on the client. The client requests an address, the dhcp > server provides one. Instruct the dhcp server to always provide the same > address to your mac address and ta-da! -- Kevin J. Cummings kjchome@xxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org)
