how do you determine the static ip your computer should use

jooper317 · 01-06-2004, 06:58 PM

how do you determine the static ip your computer should use and the subnet and gateway the router shoudl use?

phaidros · 01-06-2004, 07:16 PM

how do you connect to the internet?
how do you connect to other computers in the LAN?

do you want to set up a computer in your home LAN?
if so, 192.168.11.n will do (n=1...254).
netmask is then 255.255.255.0
you probably won't need to use a gateway.

is your computer connected to a company/university LAN?
in this case you have a good chance to be able to use DHCP instead of static IP. if that doesn't work, ask the administrator.

read more about linux networking here:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Net-HOWTO/