DHCP even when I set static addresses

Karl Larsen k5di at zianet.com
Fri Dec 21 01:38:16 UTC 2007


Peter Lauri wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I use FC8 on my T61. I set static addresses for everything, but still dhcp
> tries to figure out the IP. And it ends up that the IP has something like
> 169.X.X.X
>
> Initially when I do ifup eth0 it works fine, and I can use internet, but
> after a minute (the indicator tells that "aquiring network address") it goes
> from 85.X.X.X (that is the correct one) to 169.X.X.X that is some internal
> address I think.
>
> Any hints? How can i turn off the dhcp stuff?
>
> /Peter
>
>   
Hi Peter, you can use the Internet Setup GUI thing to display each of 
your Internet ports and then click on the port and a larger panel will 
come up and make sure you have static IP set up for them all, and then 
click the dhcp off. You do not need it.

Karl


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