How to assign static IP addresses?

[DoYouKubuntu]

This falls into the category of things I've forgotten...I'm sure I knew how to do this...at some point...

How do I assign a static IP address to each computer on my network? Right now, the IP addresses rotate depending on the order each computer comes back online after the router has been down. My addresses are in the 192.168.1.1xx range.

[SteveRiley]

[DoYouKubuntu]

Thanks, Steve!

I must've done it via CLI back in the day, because your GUI example didn't look at all familiar to me. But it seems to be working.

[GreyGeek]

I make settings in my Cisco wireless router, with DD-WRT firmware burn in, to set the IP address of this Acer to 192.169.1.111 using the MAC address of the atheros wireless chip.

[SteveRiley]

Well, I actually started typing the CLI instructions, and then thought, "Wait, she isn't using a server, there's a decent GUI for this!" So I used that instead.

[DoYouKubuntu]

Well, I actually started typing the CLI instructions, and then thought, "Wait, she isn't using a server, there's a decent GUI for this!" So I used that instead.

Looks like I spoke too soon. I don't THINK I screwed up anything in the config, but it's not working. The computers are still being assigned their IP addresses based on when they come up after the router is rebooted.

One thing I'll admit to being baffled about: why WIRED? They're [almost] all wireless.

[SteveRiley]

I chose the wired interface in my screen shot because that's what I have on my PC.

If you're using wireless, then you need to perform those steps on the wireless interfaces in Network Manager, not the wired interface.

[GreyGeek]

Well, I actually started typing the CLI instructions, and then thought, "Wait, she isn't using a server, there's a decent GUI for this!" So I used that instead.

I used to have pretty good CLI skills but after a decade of using GUI's I'm pretty much limited to cd, mkdir, locate, updatedb, apt-get, grep, route, ifconfig iwconfig, ls, vdir, and some I can't remember right now.

[DoYouKubuntu]

I can--AND WILL--use my "I'd already taken my sleeping pills" excuse. Yep. That's it.

Thanks, Steve.

[DoYouKubuntu]

I used to have pretty good CLI skills but after a decade of using GUI's I'm pretty much limited to cd, mkdir, locate, updatedb, apt-get, grep, route, ifconfig iwconfig, ls, vdir, and some I can't remember right now.

When I have REAL work to get done, such as processing hundreds or thousands of photos, you'll find me at a command line. For other stuff, I'm usually sitting in a GUI somewhere.

[DoYouKubuntu]

Now that it's all done the GUI way, Steve, anyone?, want to outline the CLI way? Probably just identifying the file(s) that need to be modified would suffice.

[SteveRiley]

Setting up a wireless interface from the command line takes a number of steps. You have to remove it from NetworkManager's span of control in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf, configure the interface properties (address, mask, gateway, DNS servers) in /etc/network/interfaces, and then configure wpa-supplicant. It's actually a hassle. But if you really want to try it, then:

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_T...e_command-line

[DoYouKubuntu]

Thanks for the info, Steve.