[GLLUG] Static IP for the server

[Karl Schuttler]

Frank,

You can certainly set your computer to static and still use DHCP throughout
the rest of your network.

On whatever is serving up your dhcp (be it your server, or a wifi router,
etc) find part of the /24 (192.168.1.1-225) that is not assigned via DHCP. A
lot of routers do DHCP from 192.168.1.100-255, or similar. If DHCP is
running across the entire subnet, change the range to have a few IPs it
doesn't serve.

Then, simply change your server's IP to any of the non-DHCP addresses
(ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0)

Karl

On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 9:59 AM, <frank.dolinar at comcast.net> wrote:

> Based on the information in the Ubuntu server guide, I can see it is
> possible to set a static IP for a computer.  I'd like to set a static IP for
> my server.
> My question is whether doing that still allows DHCP to function for the
> rest of the computers on my in-house network.
> I'd guess that it is possible, but I'm not seeing that in what I'm reading.
>
> As usual, any help will be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Frank
>
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