Setting an IP address

Dillinger · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 3:31 am Post subject: Setting an IP address

Is there a way to set an IP address that wont change? My IP changes frequently and it's annoying because I run an apache server just for personal use and I'm always having to change the URL in my bookmark.

fbleagh · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 13 Jun 2002 Posts: 98

sounds like your isp uses dhcp
not much you can do unless they will let you pay for a static ip

your other ( cheaper and preferable ) option is to use something like dyndns to give you a web address that follows your changing ip address

check out http://www.dyndns.org/

and

Dillinger · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 3:53 am Post subject:

My friends on the same ISP and I asked him what he pays for his static IP, but he informed me that mac OSX uses a hardware IP default that requests the same IP over and over again. Is there some way I can do that?

funkmankey · Guru Joined: 06 Mar 2003 Posts: 304 Location: CH

b'lieve the latest stable ebuild to dhcpcd may fix that particular issue, i.e. get you the same IP-lease over and over again, if possible.

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23428
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