Hi there --

I am running the 10.04 LTS 64-bit distribution as a virtual server. The host system is running Fedora Core 14 64-bit, and the virtual machine software is the VirtualBox application. The virtual machine is set up with a bridged connection.

I am periodically experiencing a situation where the virtual machine's network address changes without warning, and I am forced to run the ifdown and ifup commands to bring the address back to its original state.

I went through the motions of modifying the /etc/network/interfaces file to have a static address. The syntax that I entered into the file is shown below:

Is there something wrong with my syntax, or is there another file that needs to modified? Thanks.

Try making sure that NetworkManager is not controlling the interface

Hi there --

Thanks for your reply. I checked for the presence of NetworkManager on the host system, and it was running. I have since deactivated and disabled it from starting on system boot. Why would NetworkManager cause the virtual machine to change its
ip address?

Hi there --

The problem has occurred again despite the disabling of the NetworkManager daemon. Is there something else that I should reconfigure to stop the address change from occurring?