Debian Static IP Address
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:Posted: 2007-07-09 19:13
:Tags: Uncategorized

To set up a static IP address edit ``/etc/network/interfaces`` so that it looks something like this::

    # The primary network interface
    allow-hotplug eth0
    iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.46.3
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        network 192.168.46.0
        broadcast 192.168.46.255
        gateway 192.168.46.1

Then use the commands::

    ifdown eth0
    ifup eth0

You can see your network adapters and IP addresses with ``ifconfig``. You can restart networking with ``sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart``. You can change a hostname by editing ``/etc/hostname``. I'd restart afterwards, then you can check your hostname with the ``hostname`` command.