I just installed 12.04 Server. After my first login, I saw the IP and it is dynamic (I guess). I tried to change it by sudo vi /etc/network/interface
but this file is blank.
Can anyone help here?
You typed:
sudo vi /etc/network/interface
You should have typed this:
sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces
You forgot the s.
Ubuntu uses Network Manager to manage the network configuration.
Run nm-connection-editor
to set a static IP.
Adapted from: Create a Static IP from the Command Line
Basically, steps needed are:
Find out you current settings:
ifconfig eth0
Edit /etc/network/interfaces to meet your requirements.
Look for these two line:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
Change them to instead be: (example IP addresses)
auto eth0
#iface eth0 inet dhcp
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.0.130
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.0.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255
gateway 192.168.0.1
dns-nameservers 192.168.0.1
Then re-start your server.
It should now be using: 192.168.0.130
dns-nameservers 192.168.0.x
as they changed how resolv.conf works.
Oct 5, 2012 at 11:11