DHCP desactivation

[najib]

Hello,

Each time I reboot I have my IP fixed to 192.168.1.12

Even when I change it manually to 192.168.1.30

either with command line
ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.30
Or with Wicd
The change is done but

I reboot and find again IP : 192.168.1.12

NjB

[KMDave]

Well that usually have nothing to do with DHCP does it?
Do you have any DHCP server running in your network?

A little googling would help you to figure out how to set a fixed IP.

[najib]

All the changes I make in this file like changing dhcp to static or like adding static IP , Mask, Gateway,

I can't find these changes when I reboot

NjB

[lupin]

Hello,

Each time I reboot I have my IP fixed to 192.168.1.12

Even when I change it manually to 192.168.1.30

either with command line
ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.30
Or with Wicd
The change is done but

I reboot and find again IP : 192.168.1.12

NjB

Would you like to rephrase that in the form of a question?

[najib]

@lupin
and all the others of course

In an other way, when I boot ,
/etc/init.d/networking
give me a locale IP adress
I can reach internet and I'm happy

If I change this IP with another one using Wicd for exemple
my change is done BUT

When I reboot again,
/etc/init.d/networking
give me another locale IP adress
I can reach internet but I didn't choose my IP

NjB

[Thorn]

I'm not the manager of my network

Well, there's your problem. Talk to your network admin.

[isdigit]

Well, there's your problem. Talk to your network admin.

Ask for a MAC reservation so your always have the IP, You, want.

[najib]

I should have certainly complain to my network admin if it was not me
And I always have the IP I choose in my local network cause it's a so small network, don't manage hundred machines
But I must say that before Backtrack I've used many other Linux and non Linux OS, and the IP network config was just something like :
Automatic or Manual.
Yes a little bit like Wicd that I love but it's not the boot network manager

NjB

[lupin]

I still don't see a question in any of your posts. Am I to intuit that you would like to have a particular IP address assigned to your BackTrack system every time you boot?

If so, you can either configure your DHCP server to assign a reserved address to your BackTrack system based on its MAC address, or you can assign a static address via the /etc/network/interfaces file.

[Archangel-Amael]

All the changes I make in this file like changing dhcp to static or like adding static IP , Mask, Gateway,

I can't find these changes when I reboot

NjB

Tell us more about your setup, can you save anything and reboot and have it remain?