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From: Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] WLAN with fixed IP
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:17:04
Message-Id: 1352805335.27946.1@numa-i
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] WLAN with fixed IP by Neil Bothwick
1 On 11/13/2012 11:53:49 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:39:40 +0100, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
3 >
4 > > I'd like to assign fixed IP numbers to computers of a local network.
5 >
6 > I prefer to do this on the DHCP server, that way all my network
7 > configuration is in one place and if I move a computer to a different
8 > network it will still work as DHCP is enabled. Most DHCP servers let
9 > you
10 > map MAC addresses to IP addresses.
11 >
12 > > config_wlan0="192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 brd 192.168.1.255"
13 > > routes_wlan0="default via 192.168.1.1"
14 > > dns_servers_wlan0="192.168.1."
15
16 Yes, that's a typo of course
17 It should read dns_servers_wlan0="192.168.1.1"
18
19 I've written this from memory since I don't have access to that machine
20 at the moment.
21
22 >
23 > That last line is wrong, is the network not working at all or is it
24 > just
25 > DNS resolution that is failing?
26
27 It says something like "network not ready", but I'll check this
28 afternoon.
29 I remember that ifconfig wlan0 did show the right IP.
30
31 Thanks,
32 Helmut.

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Re: [gentoo-user] WLAN with fixed IP Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de>