9.04 desktop, static IP address configuration fails

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when I go preferences > network connection
and change it from DHCP to manual and add a connection I can enter the
IP address (192.168.0.101) and the subnet mask (255.255.255.0) and
gateway (192.168.0.20), but when I click apply it changes the gateway
back to 0.0.0.0.
I decided to do it manually and opened /etc/network/interfaces, and
found it only had two lines in it, with none of the addressing
information as it does on the server version.
1) anyone have an idea as to why it will not accept and keep the gateway
address, and
2) where is the data kept ?
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Bill Drescher
william {at} TechServSys {dot} com
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when I go preferences > network connection
and change it from DHCP to manual and add a connection I can enter the
IP address (192.168.0.101) and the subnet mask (255.255.255.0) and
gateway (192.168.0.20), but when I click apply it changes the gateway
back to 0.0.0.0. 

I decided to do it manually and opened /etc/network/interfaces, and
found it only had two lines in it, with none of the addressing
information as it does on the server version.

1) anyone have an idea as to why it will not accept and keep the
gateway address, and
2) where is the data kept ?

--
Bill Drescher
william {at} TechServSys {dot} com


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bill wrote:
> when I go preferences > network connection
> and change it from DHCP to manual and add a connection I can enter the
> IP address (192.168.0.101) and the subnet mask (255.255.255.0) and
> gateway (192.168.0.20), but when I click apply it changes the gateway
> back to 0.0.0.0.
> I decided to do it manually and opened /etc/network/interfaces, and
> found it only had two lines in it, with none of the addressing
> information as it does on the server version.
>
> 1) anyone have an idea as to why it will not accept and keep the gateway
> address, and
> 2) where is the data kept ?
>
i believe theres still a bug with static ip's in network-manager at
least there was in intrepid. wait for someone else to verify this but
removing network-manager and installing wicd should do the trick. been
a while since i did it cant remember exactly if thats what i did.....
steve
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bill wrote:
> when I go preferences > network connection
> and change it from DHCP to manual and add a connection I can enter the
> IP address (192.168.0.101) and the subnet mask (255.255.255.0) and
> gateway (192.168.0.20), but when I click apply it changes the gateway
> back to 0.0.0.0.
> I decided to do it manually and opened /etc/network/interfaces, and
> found it only had two lines in it, with none of the addressing
> information as it does on the server version.
>
> 1) anyone have an idea as to why it will not accept and keep the gateway
> address, and
> 2) where is the data kept ?
>
If you want to use a static ethernet connection and aren't concerned
with wireless or hotplugged network interfaces, then install the
gnome-network-admin package and uninstall (or disable in start-up
scripts) network manager. That will install a gui that configures your
network via /etc/network/interfaces instead of network-manager.
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Steve Reilly wrote:
>>
>
> i believe theres still a bug with static ip's in network-manager at
> least there was in intrepid. wait for someone else to verify this but
> removing network-manager and installing wicd should do the trick. been
> a while since i did it cant remember exactly if thats what i did.....
>
>
Yes, there's a bug, but easy to work around. If you still want to use
network manager, when you are entering your static IP information in the
"Gateway box" Press "Enter" key when you've entered the address, rather
than clicking out of it. If I click or tab somewhere else, the changes
don't stick, but if I press Enter, they are entered correctly.
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Rashkae wrote:
> Steve Reilly wrote:
>
>
>> i believe theres still a bug with static ip's in network-manager at
>> least there was in intrepid. wait for someone else to verify this but
>> removing network-manager and installing wicd should do the trick. been
>> a while since i did it cant remember exactly if thats what i did.....
>>
>>
>>
>
> Yes, there's a bug, but easy to work around. If you still want to use
> network manager, when you are entering your static IP information in the
> "Gateway box" Press "Enter" key when you've entered the address, rather
> than clicking out of it. If I click or tab somewhere else, the changes
> don't stick, but if I press Enter, they are entered correctly.
>
>
That works, but a side-effect of these problems is that now when I do
anything to access the network (ping) it tells me that the network is
not reachable. This is too much trouble for a gui, back to the server
edition.
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Bill Drescher
william {at} TechServSys {dot} com
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Rashkae wrote:

Steve Reilly wrote:


i believe theres still a bug with static ip's in network-manager at
least there was in intrepid. wait for someone else to verify this but
removing network-manager and installing wicd should do the trick. been
a while since i did it cant remember exactly if thats what i did.....



Yes, there's a bug, but easy to work around. If you still want to use
network manager, when you are entering your static IP information in the
"Gateway box" Press "Enter" key when you've entered the address, rather
than clicking out of it. If I click or tab somewhere else, the changes
don't stick, but if I press Enter, they are entered correctly.


That works, but a side-effect of these problems is that now when I do
anything to access the network (ping) it tells me that the network is
not reachable.  This is too much trouble for a gui, back to the server
edition.

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Bill Drescher
william {at} TechServSys {dot} com


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