On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 21:26 +0930, Tim wrote: > On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 12:22 +0200, Oliver Sampson wrote: > > I wanted to change my network card from DHCP to a static IP on my > > Fedora 9 box. So I did. The network icon (in Gnome) then shows up with > > an [x] saying the connection is broken. I then changed the DHCP server > > so that the systme would return a static IP address when queried, yet > > the network icon still shows up with an [x], despite the fact that the > > network still works. > > Decide on which method you want to assign static IPs, here's two > simplified explanations: > > a. Set your client to have a fixed IP, and pay no attention to a DHCP > server on the network. > > b. Set your client to be configured by your DHCP server, and configure > the DHCP server to always give the client the same IP. Right. I have. I've selected method b. And it works (as clumsily described above!) Except for that Gnome Network Icon part. Thanks, -- Oliver Sampson Support Indie Music! olsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.cdbaby.com/group/MrSampson http://www.oliversampson.com -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
