Set static IP address in Mint 12. [SOLVED]

[stchman]

Hello all.

First post. I have been an Ubuntu user for a long time and am now using Linux Mint. On my LAN I use static IP addresses and I usually edit the:

/etc/network/interfaces

file. When editing I enter the following:

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auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

iface eth0 inet static
address <desired static IP address>
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway <router gateway>

auto eth0



This does not appear to work. I have consulted the Ubuntu Oneric documentation as Mint 12 is a fork of Ubuntu 11.10. The documentation tells me to do this as well.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks.

[remoulder]

This will only work if you remove network-manager, otherwise it will be ignored. If you want to use network-manager you need to change to manual ip and set the static ip in the ipv4 properties tab of the connection, run nm-connection-editor.

[xenopeek]

From the menu, System Tools > System Settings > Network. Click Configure, and set the settings you need on the IPv4 tab. The settings are then saved in "/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Wired connection 1" (unless you have renamed the "Wired connection 1").

[altair4]

I have disccovered that there is a "trick" to making the method outlined above work and it has to do with an appropriately timed "enter" that is not at all intuitive:

See the following for details: viewtopic.php?f=90&t=87795

[itguy]

I can confirm that remoulder is correct! Please provide guidance as I would prefer to use cmd line whenever I can. If I remove the network manager will this break anything else?