Disabling DHCP

I have a debian based distro that is setup to use DHCP. I am having
trouble assigning a static IP and shutting DHCP off. I can use ifconfig
to assign an IP once I log in, but I need to have permanent fix. So far,
I have tried editing /etc/network/interfaces with the following
uncommented lines:

iface lo inet loopback
auto lo

iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.120

The static assignment has no effect. It seem that DHCP takes precedence
over this file configuration. I can't find where DHCP is enabled in the
first place to turn it off. whats up?
thanks

tns1 wrote:
> I have a debian based distro that is setup to use DHCP. I am having
> trouble assigning a static IP and shutting DHCP off. I can use ifconfig
> to assign an IP once I log in, but I need to have permanent fix. So far,
> I have tried editing /etc/network/interfaces with the following
> uncommented lines:
>
> iface lo inet loopback
> auto lo
>
> iface eth0 inet static
> address 192.168.1.120
>
> The static assignment has no effect. It seem that DHCP takes precedence
> over this file configuration. I can't find where DHCP is enabled in the
> first place to turn it off. whats up?
> thanks
>
Make some small progress, I got it to ignore dhcp by adding a kernel
parameter in grub.conf:
ip=192.168.1.120:::255.255.255.0
Not exactly the way I want to do it, but does anyone know if the gateway
and network address fit in there somewhere too? I got my info from a
short tech note. It is not fully documented in the grub manual or in the
boot prompt HOW-TO, so where IS it documented?
thanks

On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 21:24:42 -0700, tns1
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I have a debian based distro that is setup to use DHCP. I am having
> trouble assigning a static IP and shutting DHCP off. I can use ifconfig
> to assign an IP once I log in, but I need to have permanent fix. So far,

Use dselect or aptitude to find which dhcp packages are installed, and
remove them.


--
Cheops' Law:
Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget.

On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 00:44:24 -0700, tns1
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>
> tns1 wrote:
>> I have a debian based distro that is setup to use DHCP. I am having
>> trouble assigning a static IP and shutting DHCP off. I can use ifconfig
>> to assign an IP once I log in, but I need to have permanent fix. So far,
>> I have tried editing /etc/network/interfaces with the following
>> uncommented lines:
>>
>> iface lo inet loopback
>> auto lo
>>
>> iface eth0 inet static
>> address 192.168.1.120
>>
>> The static assignment has no effect. It seem that DHCP takes precedence
>> over this file configuration. I can't find where DHCP is enabled in the
>> first place to turn it off. whats up?
>> thanks
>>
> Make some small progress, I got it to ignore dhcp by adding a kernel
> parameter in grub.conf:
> ip=192.168.1.120:::255.255.255.0
> Not exactly the way I want to do it, but does anyone know if the gateway
> and network address fit in there somewhere too? I got my info from a
> short tech note. It is not fully documented in the grub manual or in the
> boot prompt HOW-TO, so where IS it documented?
> thanks
>
Who owns the DHCP server? Why aren't you happy with the address it
gives you?

--
Cheops' Law:
Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget.

The issue was I needed to connect my linux widget to an unknown network
that was said to have 'problems with DHCP'. I was left with some static
assignments by an absentee admin. Since I did not know what 'problems'
meant, the only sure method seemed to be shutting off DHCP and enabling
the static assignments.

I found that providing network parms in grub.conf was one way to disable
dhcp. What I ended up doing was editing /etc/network/interfaces

Bill Marcum wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 21:24:42 -0700, tns1
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I have a debian based distro that is setup to use DHCP. I am having
>>trouble assigning a static IP and shutting DHCP off. I can use ifconfig
>>to assign an IP once I log in, but I need to have permanent fix. So far,
>
>
> Use dselect or aptitude to find which dhcp packages are installed, and
> remove them.
>
>