static ip

walshman · 06-06-2012, 12:36 PM

Help please
I have installed linux Debian and I want a static ip , I have followed numerous tutorials + youtube tutorials word for word . But when I put in the sudo vim /ect/network/interfaces nothing is there it just opens a new directory. Can anybody tell me where I am going wrong? help would be much appreciated .

chrism01 · 06-06-2012, 07:29 PM

Well, I don't know Debian, but I do know that typo (ect != ect) won't work.
That path doesn't exist in RHEL; equivalent would be /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts and then you'd edit the appropriate cfg eg ifcfg-eth0.
Hope that's of some help; maybe you could search for that file (or similar) and go from there?

pixellany · 06-06-2012, 08:03 PM

that typo is the key----I have Debian installed, but have not done anything with it---I did confirm the presence of /etc/networks/interfaces.

BUT--in Debian, there's also a really good GUI for networking---or you could install wicd

nixblog · 06-06-2012, 11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by walshman

But when I put in the sudo vim /ect/network/interfaces nothing is there it just opens a new directory. Can anybody tell me where I am going wrong? help would be much appreciated .

Yeah, as mentioned above it should be

Code:

/etc/network/interfaces

Follow the Debian Wiki article to configure a static ip.

It should end up similar to this,

Code:

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp