Set fixed IP address to etho

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I do not face the problem but after upgrading to 9.04, I cannot SAVE
the static ip. I got re-enter the ip address manually after every
reboot.



On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Fred Roller<froller at tnclimited.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 16:19 +0300, David Harel wrote:
>> I am not sure if my experience is correct on this.
>> When I tried to set the wired network connection configuration
>> (nm-connection-editor) IPv4 settings method to "Manual", the IP
>> address I tried to pick was already in use and the "Apply" button
>> remained grayed out. No comment was displayed regarding the reason. I
>> think users should be notified about the problems on their
>> configuration which were caught by the application (didn't enable the
>> "Apply" button).
>
> It did comment, letting you know that the address is already in use
> implies another device (i.e. PC or router) is already using the IP
> address on the network.  Because of this the system will not let you use
> the IP address so as not to cause an issue on your system or the other
> device.  Raise your IP up/down by one or choose another IP all together
> and you should clear up the issue and activate the "Apply" button.
>
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