Comments on: Change Ubuntu Server from DHCP to a Static IP Address

By: a

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:21:06 +0000

It is not necessary to uninstall the dhcp-client. Just ensure you use the spaces before the lines
address, … in the interfaces file as shown above, then it works.

By: Skeptik

Skeptik — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:52:31 +0000

I wouldn’t recommend removing dhcp-client

What if one day u want to get an IP from ur DHCP, what if ur PC has more than one nic and one needs a DHCP IP ?

On a newly installed ubuntu ur primary eth is in dhcp, then u set it static by updating /etc/network/interface (u can edit resolv.conf also for dns) following given instructions on this page, then try a :

ps ax|grep dhc

u probably will see a running dhclient3 process running
or a dhclient if u runned it by hand

kill them respectively with :

killall dhclient3
killall dhclient

then a “ps ax|grep dhc” should show no dhcp client running.
Now ur server is set to ur static IP and wont request dhcp IPs anymore, even on reboot.

but u still can request for a dhcp IP by hand.

By: Abdo_Fila

Abdo_Fila — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:46:51 +0000

u wrote:
(You can do ifconfig /all to find out what they are)
in fact u mixed Linux and Windows
Under Linux:
ifconfig -a
Under Windows:
ipconfig /all
but the tutorial was pretty good
thanks.

By: Bastiaan

Bastiaan — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:45:56 +0000

ifconfig -a (and not ifconfig /all)

By: jr

jr — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:19:25 +0000

thanks you very much.

By: bench

bench — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:59:46 +0000

absolutely exelent!!!!!

ur info is exactly useful

thanks a lot and more power!!!!!!!

i really love it!!!!!!!!

By: digbyp

digbyp — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:09:22 +0000

After making changes to file, how do you save your changes?

By: pet

pet — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:02:45 +0000

If you still have to use dhcp, then the client can be started with an option so as not to overwrite /etc/resolv.conf (and maybe some others). Errr, I wish I could be more specific but I just uninstalled dhcp . Thanks for the guide.

By: Pothi

Pothi — Fri, 22 May 2009 06:50:32 +0000

There is no space between name & server in *name server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx”.

Thanks for the guide!

By: Diego Bravo

Diego Bravo — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:14:58 +0000

Please correct the correction… it is dhcp3-client, not dhcp-client3.