On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:49:24 +0000, I wrote: > I asked my organization to assign me a static IP address within their > network, and they obliged. The problem is that every time I boot now, I > still get the old address in DHCP space that I had before.
On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:19:24 +0530, Mihira Fernando replied: > Comment out allow-hotplug eth0 as you have auto eth0 there as well. Then > reboot and see if that solves the problem. Thanks, but that did not solve the problem. On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:52:48 +0000 (UTC), Camaleón replied: > If adminds are requesting you the MAC address you may be still need to > setup a dynamic configuration for your adapter (DHCP). So I would first > ask them what kind of setup it is needed on your computer for a proper > operation. Nice idea, but they have told me that they don't do "server support". As I mentioned, I do have a second box with a static IP that works fine with just the configuration I'm trying here. Although the hardware is different. > Are you running wheezy on a VM? No, Wheezy is the host, although I do have an XP VM client. Given that restarting networking after booting fixes this, I can probably just do that in /etc/rc.local. But that's awfully hacky. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/loom.20110815t150919-...@post.gmane.org
