How do I turn off DHCP in Debian?

t3kn0lu5t · 10-01-2003, 10:16 AM

I know this is a total noob question, but I can't seem to find anything documentation about it.

When I installed debian (woody), I had my network setup for dhcp at boot, now that I want to turn dhcp off and give a specific ip [for] boot time I can't figure out how to do it.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

coldy · 10-01-2003, 11:01 AM

I think you have to comment any one line in /etc/dhclient.conf, than use ifconfig to set up your NIC

Code:

ifconfig ethX your.static.IP.address netmask XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX

than do

Code:

route add -net YYY.YYY.YYY.YYY

and don't forget to add nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf

than look in /etc/network/interfaces is the new records are written, if they aren't write them in there, this is important for the next reboot

here is my /etc/network/interfaces

Code:

# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)

# The loopback interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian installation
# (network, broadcast and gateway are optional)
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
        address 10.0.0.69
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        network 10.0.0.0
        broadcast 10.0.0.255
        gateway 10.0.0.1

ehtX is your eth number
XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX is the netmask
YYY.YYY.YYY.YYY is your gateway

KB1IKN · 10-01-2003, 11:04 AM

Or just type ifconfig eth0 to see the status , rather going into /etc....

t3kn0lu5t · 10-01-2003, 08:20 PM

Thanks for the help.. I ended up installing the etherconf package to handle it for me.

KB1IKN · 10-01-2003, 10:15 PM

oh cmon, where's the fun in that?