network-manager (network connections)

[Lucio M Nicolosi]

On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 6:27 PM, Linda <haniganwork at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Back to setting up with LTS 10.04.1
> I tired to set ip address, DNS etc for eth0 with network manager, but it does not work. It does get rid of DHCP but it does not make any of the new setting changes when I run ifconfig eth0 has no address. I have set ip addresses, gw, DNS etc from the command line so it works.
> I know you set up DNS in resolv.conf, but where do you set machine ip address and gw so it will stick for reboot. I don't really want to have to remember to use ifcongig and route everytime there is a kernal update.
>           Thanks
>            Linda

Unless you uninstall Network Manager, resolv.conf will be set by it at
every boot, so no use to edit it manually.

Perhaps you could opt for static IP on /etc/network/interfaces so that
it looks more or less like the following:

(change the fake addresses to your actual ones)

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
adress 192.168.etc.etc
gateway 192.168.etc.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.etc.255

Or use wicd instead of NM. Or even use your own DNS with bind9. Both
from repositories.

L.

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