9.04 desktop, static IP address configuration fails

[Rashkae]

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.