Static IP and Fedora 10

[roganty]

Hi all
I have been having the same problems as above.

Every time I restart NM the settings in /etc/resolv.conf get reset

I edited the file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-et0 and added the lines

DNS1=ip address
DOMAIN=domain

and restarted NM and it *seems* to be working now!

I'll have to see if a restart of the computer does anything!

Just thought I'd share my experiences
Anthony R

[Jerry-Linux]

Not true, at least on my system, ifcfg-eth0 does not get overwritten unless you edit and save the network configuration.
On my Fedora 10 systen, neither ifcfg-eth0 nor ifcfg-eth1 is hard linked (and there is no symbolic link pointing to them either.

[EricRB]

I'm new to Fedora (I'm familiar with Ubuntu and Solaris) and am having the same problem. I installed it without the GUI so I'm all CLI.

I ran a 'yum update' after the install.

This is my ifcfg-eth0
# Intel Corporation 82545EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper)
DEVICE=eth0
HWADDR=00:50:56:b0:26:1e
ONBOOT=yes
SEARCH="localdomain"
BOOTPROTO=static
NETMASK=255.255.0.0
IPADDR=10.1.0.203
USERCTL=yes
IPV6INIT=no
NM_CONTROLLED=no
GATEWAY=10.1.0.1
TYPE=Ethernet

When I reboot, the interface isn't configured, but if I run an 'ifup eth0' it sets it up nicely. What am I missing?

[everestx]

If I remember correctly, by default FC10 enables the 'NetworkManager' service and disables the 'network' service to give more of a desktop feel. Since you are all cli, I bet you are in runlevel 3 rather than runlevel 5 and NetworkManager is not starting eth0.

To test, run:

service network start

Then if that works, here's what I would try to permanently configure for reboot... assuming that you are going to stay in CLI mode.

chkconfig --level 2345 NetworkManager off
chkconfig --level 2345 network on

The config setting in your ifcfg-eth0, ONBOOT=yes tells the network service to start the interface when the service starts... so that should work.

[EricRB]

Originally Posted by everestx

service network start

chkconfig --level 2345 NetworkManager off
chkconfig --level 2345 network on

Thanks, this did it.

[everestx]

For the record, I pretty much hate NetworkManager. It tends to dumb us down by abstracting the network services (x2). Though I understand it's place on the desktop and it's critical nature for GUI folks, I hate that it creates two places for network config and overrides 'su' settings.

Last night I spent about two hours trying to disable NetworkManager so that I could enable WLAN with WPA-PSK using wpa_supplicant and ndiswrapper at runlevel 3. It's the only way to get "always on" wireless without a GUI. And it was not fun...

Glad to hear you got it going.

[virason]

Here is another method of configuring your Fedora 10 network with a static IP:

open a terminal and run su setup

make and save the changes then run service network restart

[Jerry-Linux]

I compared your setting to mine, and other than DNS and IP address, I have BOOTPROTO=no
Static IP comes up fine at boot.