Tag Archives: IP

IPv6, literals and legacy software

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Maris

IPv4 address exhaustion is slowly going into final phase. To use IPv6 addresses in legacy software, some mechanism must be in place to not confuse programs with colons (:) in the addresses. For Windows this is IPv6 literals. We have … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Server static ip problems – ubuntu reverts back to DHCP on its own

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Maris

Many people report that Ubuntu Server suddenly reverts its static IP address to dynamic (via DHCP). Here are some discussions: static ip reverts back to DHCP (ubuntuforums.org). Static IP reverting to DHCP on Ubuntu Server 8.04 (www.howtogeek.com). This happened to … Continue reading →

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How to change Ubuntu Server from dynamic address (DHCP) to a static IP address?

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Maris

You need to change addresses into following files: /etc/network/interfaces /etc/resolv.conf The following article from www.howtogeek.com prefers vi editor, but I use nano editor. sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces change to something like this iface eth0 inet static      address 192.168.1.5      netmask 255.255.255.0      network … Continue reading →

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