Setting up a Static IP
Introduction:
This howto help's guide you through setting up a static IP address on your Linux server. Keep in mind that
there can be a difference on which version of Linux you are running but in most cases this should do the trick.
In this article we'll be focusing on the below listed OS's.
- Ubunut 14.04 TLS / 16.04 TLS
- Debian
- LinuxMint 17 / 18.3
- CentOS 6 / 7
Step 1:
administrator@test:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr ba:c9:2d:e2:f5:d3
inet addr:192.168.1.75 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::b8c9:2dff:fee2:f5d3/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:477791 errors:0 dropped:43 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:59312 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:630047850 (630.0 MB) TX bytes:4024613 (4.0 MB)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:160 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:160 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1
RX bytes:11840 (11.8 KB) TX bytes:11840 (11.8 KB)
Step 2:
$ sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
Step 3:
At this point you'll get an output of the below which is the area we will be configuring.
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.75 <-- Modify
netmask 255.255.255.0 <-- Modify
network 192.168.1.0 <-- Modify
broadcast 192.168.1.255 <-- Modify
gateway 192.168.1.1 <-- Modify
# dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
dns-nameservers 192.168.1.1 8.8.8.8 <-- Modify
dns-search example.com <-- Modify
Step 4:
- ctl + c
- Y
- Hit Enter
Step 5:
$sudo reboot
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