How to configure a static IP address

Ubuntu 8.10

1. sudo editor /etc/network/interfaces:
   1. # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.0.42 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.0.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255 gateway 192.168.0.1
1. sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart