FC8 how to get static IP working

Chu Jeang Tan chujtan at gmail.com
Tue Nov 13 13:41:20 UTC 2007


On Nov 13, 2007 1:51 AM, Michael Wiktowy <michael.wiktowy at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Nov 13, 2007 1:58 AM, Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko at greshko.com> wrote:
> > Chu Tan wrote:
> > > I've used fedora's network configuration tool to setup eth0 to use a
> > > static IP address, however it always boot up using DHCP.
> > Change BOOTPROTO=static
>
> You also may have to stop and disable NetworkManager (in System ->
> Administration -> Services in Gnome) as it might be clobbering your
> manual settings with its automagic settings. NM and the network config
> tool are mutually exclusive.
>
> /Mike
>

Thanks that worked. I had to disable NetworkManager and enable network.
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