I have modified the network files ifcfg-eth0 and network so that I can have a static ip, but everytime I restart the pc, it comes up with a dynamic IP that it takes from a DHCP server deleting all the configuration previously built in my file ifcfg-eth0.

I changed the names of the files /sbin/dhclient and dhclient-scripts but it still comes up with the dynamic IP.

This is the configuration I built in the ifcfg-eth0 file.

[root@george network-scripts]# more ifcfg-eth0
# nVidia Corporation Unknown device 054c
DEVICE=eth0
ONBOOT=yes
IPADDR=192.168.1.90
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
BOOTPROTO=static
NETWORK=192.168.1.0
BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
HWADDR=00:00:6c:60:79:fb
[root@george network-scripts]#
[root@george network-scripts]# more ../network
NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=george.labs.per
DOMAINNAME=labs.per
GATEWAY=192.168.1.254
[root@george network-scripts]#

This is the configuration it takes after restarting the PC
[root@george network-scripts]# more ifcfg-eth0
# nVidia Corporation Unknown device 054c
DEVICE=eth0
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
HWADDR=00:00:6c:04:a4:fd

What is even weirder is that it takes an ipv6 IP and the MAC Address changes with every reboot.

[root@george network-scripts]# ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:6C:04:A4:FD
inet6 addr: fe80::200:6cff:fe04:a4fd/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:847 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:435 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:211483 (206.5 KiB) TX bytes:74877 (73.1 KiB)
Interrupt:22 Base address:0xe000

I don't know what to do. I can use some help here. Thanks a lot!

Run the system-config-network command and set up the configuration from there.

and i was wondering why fedora 7 there have been no updates for a year( well 11 months) it is past EOL

yeah.. you may have a point. Fedora is EOL, I think all the netwoking stuffs haven't changet at all right

the Network " stuff" has changed A LOT since f7 fedora 10 and 11 do not use the "network" service( it can but not the default) it uses "networkmanager" and it is VERY good on laptops with wireless , or wired connections

I've upgraded to F10 and it's working fine now. Thanks for the help.