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1 edit | upgrade Ubuntu from 8.04 to 8.10 to 9.04. IP addr. question?
Well; I took the plunge of upgrading my 8.04 to 8.10. Then I upgraded 8.10 to 9.04. (Did all this last night). The only thing that I noticed; which I believe there must be a fix; was that when using 8.04 I purposely gave my PC a Static IP address for my router. ( I find it more stable on the Internet; especially when I have multiple Voip adapters and other online networking devices). However; once I upgraded to 8.10; I noticed that I couldn't go in and change the IP address. (Or at least I can't figure out how). So, after some searching and realizing that this is a known issue; I figured I'd go to 9.04 and see if it was corrected. Well it wasn't. Now the weird thing is: The static IP address I HAD in the PC when I had 8.04 HAS followed the upgrades. In other words, when I look at my router and look at activities, it shows my PC as being 192.168.1.50 which is the static I originally assigned it back in the 8.04 ubuntu days. But I can't figure out how to change it. And I'm worried that IF I reboot my Router, I will lose that static IP address and the PC will revert to DHCP. (And because I have an extensive network with routers doing QOS and such; I need a static IP from the network). Also; the weird thing is that the NETWORK icon in the bottom right of the screen, where you normally go to do such network changes, is displaying "No Valid Network Connections Found". It allows me to set up wired, wireless, vpn, DSL, and mobile broadband; but I am assuming that this is if I was setting up an actual HOME NETWORK. I don't believe that it's for the actual IP address of the machine. Oh, and based on some research that says I CAN go to this area and set up the static in the wired area; it shows that there's an "AUTO ETH0" that is part of the problem. And in my settings, there are NO CONNECTIONS. Which might explain why I have kept my IP address and it hasn't reverted back to DHCP on reboot.
Now I know that if worst came to worst, I could set my router to assign through DHCP an IP address to my PC that wouldn't change. But that would be out of DHCP. I prefer not to do that. My TRUE Static Ip addresses are for this PC, 2 voip adapters, and a couple other items. They are in the 192.168.1.50 to 1.99 range. I have the dhcp set up for 1.100 through 1.199. This takes care of my wireless devices and so on.
Anyway; if there's a simple way to be able to go in and assign my PC a static IP address in Ubuntu 9.04, I'd appreciate any info. Thanks.... Mike...... |
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1 edit | I didn't like the default network manager for 9.04 and installed Wicd Manager instead. It will take care of your needs. This is easily done through the Synaptic Pkg. Manager.
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Thanks. I'll have to do some research. In the ADD/Remove Applications, I found Wicd; but it said it couldn't install because of a conflicting application. It said to use synaptic package manager; (As You Suggested). However; when I go there, Wicd can't be found????? I must need a different repository or something. More work... LOL!!!! Go figure..... Thx.... Mike...... |
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| said by christcorp  :Thanks. I'll have to do some research. In the ADD/Remove Applications, I found Wicd; but it said it couldn't install because of a conflicting application. It said to use synaptic package manager; (As You Suggested). However; when I go there, Wicd can't be found????? I must need a different repository or something. More work... LOL!!!! Go figure..... Thx.... Mike...... It is under Networking-universe. Under System>>Software Sources>>Ubuntu software tab make sure the second Item is checked. I have the first four checked there and the third item checked on Third-Party Software.
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