I am trying to set up a static ip address on my network. And it did kind of work, but locked out my email which is Evolution, the web worked afterwards. This is on a LinuxMint 18.3 box. I need it to be static because it will be my samba server.
# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto enp6s0
#iface enp6s0 inet static
#address 192.168.0.120
#netmask 255.255.255.0
#gateway 192.168.0.1
#dns-nameservers 208.67.222.222
#dns-nameservers 208.67.220.220
#dns-search itzgeek.local
I took this file and commented out the fourth line and uncommented the lines below that. So I translatesdtranslatesid a little research. Going back to previous state my settings are:
IP Address: 192.168.0.14
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.0.1
DNS: 192.168.0.1
My Internet Provider is Mediacom and I think the router updates the gateway and dns server addresses to the local computer. I tried setting the dns-nameservers to 192.168.0.1, but that did not work. Any suggestions?
Evolution is set to Defer to Desktop Settings
Thanks in advance, Terry
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Re: Trying to set static ip address
Try setting your DNS server to 8.8.8.8 (Google public DNS). Then test again.
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Re: Trying to set static ip address
I found the easiest way to do this was to let the router award whatever IP address it wanted, then tell the router to make this a static IP address for that computer. Worked across three linux and three windows machines which will now all talk to each other.