how do i set up a static ip?

netconfig won't work. i set it to static, but i get an ip through DHCP

thanks

You can set it in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf

You can setup your dhcp server to always give the same IP to your machine, this can be done because the mac address of a nic is unique.

Otherwise you can disable the dhcp client on your workstation and edit /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf and set the static IP and subnet there for your nic

edit: somone beat me to it

Type pkgtool in console. Select setup anf choose Slackware installation scripts to run again. Then check netconfig, press ok, in SETUP IP ADRESS select STATIC IP.

i have DHCP set up on my router. Will that override a static IP set up in slackware?

Actually yes. I just disabled the DHCP server part of my rounter (LinkSys BEFSR41) and set all my PC's to static IP's and everything works fine. Just be sure that you set your default gateway and DNS server to the same thing.

HTH,
MMYoung

No. The Slackware box will never make a DHCP request if set with a static IP address. The router will be irrelevant.

There won't be a DHCP request, true enough, but I had trouble with my PC set to a static IP address and my router set to be a DHCP server. After I "disabled" the DHCP server setting in the router config everything works as "smooth as silk".

Later,
MMYoung

MMYoung:

I would guess that the issue might have been this (I've had it happen before):

You set up a router to be a DHCP server.

You set up a Slackware box with a static IP address (For example, as 192.168.0.2)

You have other devices (Computers, printer servers, whatever) on your LAN set to use the DHCP server

You fire up the Slackware computer

The problem can arise that the Slackware computer now thinks that it has the IP address 192.168.0.2, but the router has already leased that IP address to another device on the LAN.

There are several solutions to this, and it would depend on the capability of your router and the general LAN layout which would be best.

1) Disable DHCP server function in router

The possible issue with this is that other devices will also need to be set with static IP addresses. This can get to be a pretty big hassle, depending on the size of the LAN.

2) Configure the DHCP server to not pass out the IP address you have set Slackware for

This can be done several ways:

A) See what the range of IP addresses your router passes out. Choose something outside that range for your IP address.

B) Configure your router to always pass the desired IP adress to your Slackware computer. Even if you set Slackware up for a static IP address, this works because the router reserves that IP address, not passing it out to other devices on your LAN

C) Change the range of IP addresses your router passes out to not include the IP address of the Slackware box. This is basically another way of doing the same thing as A).

I prefer 2)B) myself. Disabling the DHCP server can be a pain. You will have to set IP addresses statically on every device that you connect to the LAN. I prefer being able to just hook up more exotic print servers and things and have them use DHCP. Saves the trouble of reading through the manuals to learn how to set static IP addresses.

This is what I have chosen for my little home network (two PC's only). As far as the other stuff you hit the nail on the head. By disabling the DHCP server function I have eleminated the problem and with only two PC's it ain't much of a headache. This way I can also add their respective names to /etc/hosts and then just connect to the name rather than having to specify IP addresses everytime.
If I had a larger network to "fiddle with" then I would use the DHCP server on the router PLUS I would add one PC as just my DHCP server this way I could reserve IP addresses against MAC addresses and/or computer names. At least I know you can do this in Windows so I figure it can be done with Linux although I've never tried it.

Later,
MMYoung