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A static IP address is assigned to a device on a permanent basis. The IP address is not expected to change frequently or at all. This addressing method is commonly used for servers and other devices for which the address must be well-known.

A static IP address is assigned to a device on a permanent basis. The IP address is not expected to change frequently or at all. This addressing method is commonly used for servers and other devices for which the address must be well-known.

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Is there any harm to setting the same static ip for eth0 and eth1?

I'm configuring a Fedora server to use a static ip (although this question should apply to any Linux server). Unfortunately, I don't have much control over which of the two ethernet ports gets used. I was wondering if there was any harm in…
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Assigning a static IP on HP-UX

I can't find how to set a static IP on the local network (192.168.xxx.xxx) on HP-UX using the command line. I want the address to be kept after the server reboots, so it seems the use of ifconfig will lose the IP configured.
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How necessary is a static IP when running a webserver from home

I'm considering hosting at home not through a third party. Some of the content will be software that need to run reliably 24/7. Currently I buy the domain then redirect it to the IP of my webhost, so I'm guessing that IP has to be static. But when…
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Two routers, one off-site, same ISP-assigned static IP. A recipe for conflict?

This is the situation I've inherited: There are two routers, one off-site. Both are connected to the ISP. The ISP assigns both of them the same static IP (or so it seems). Presumably, the network problems we're having are related to the idea that…
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Swap static public IPs without creating DNS conflicts?

Our ISP is Comcast and we have 5 static public IPs from them that we use for various services, including customers connecting to our network, VPN, web, DNS, etc... We need more IP addresses from Comcast. Unfortunately, Comcast is telling us that…
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Static IP settings on Windows 2003 server not getting saved

We have a Dell PowerEgde 1950 server with Broadcom NetXtreme gigabit ethernet card, and we are facing a strange problem with static IP assignment. When we assign a static IP to this broadcom NIC, settings are not getting saved. Following are the…
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how to set static IP address in opensolaris

in solaris i knew how to do this. Edit /etc/inet/ipnodes, change /etc/defaultrouter, reboot in opensolaris there is not defaultrouter file. first thing I tried was System->admin->network switch to manual enter static address and netmask and…
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Issues with static IP (Ubuntu Server 10.04)

I am following this tutorial for setting up a testing server for my web development projects. When I attempt setting up a static IP address (using the configuration below), I receive the error "ping: unknown host www.google.com" when I attempt using…
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How do I setup a public static IP in Ubuntu 9.10

I have an Ubuntu 9.10 server and I need to setup a static public IP. Our office already had a network setup by Cisco, so the router is configured to forward the requests to the server. Here is the information from the ISP: Static…
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How to configure NetBSD to accept vlan tagged packets

I am trying to set up a NetBSD install with a static ip that is on a vlan. The router is set up to only allow other vlans to access this vlan, but not the other way around. So the NetBSD install should be able to ping the outside world and respond…
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Need to use 3rd party router, Static IPs wont transfer

I am on a business connection with Spectrum, I have 5 static IPs assigned but they only seem to work when I plug in their own very low end router. The problem is, their router is too low end to handle our traffic level and overheats/crashes…
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Establish KVM bridge with static IP

I would like to establish a virtual machine (KVM) on Ubuntu Server and configure bridge networking in order to connect to the VM via static IP. I want to connect to the VM directly via SSH (bypassing the host). However I have only remote access to…
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Errors when switching to specific static IP

I had a Fedora box running using my static IP 69.169.136.6, etc, all configured according to what the ISP required. Just recently the hard drive failed (and I should have been keeping better backups) - while it is being recovered I would like to…
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Tunneling a Public IP using OpenVPN

I'm having a bit of difficulty tunneling a Public IP to a remote VPS using OpenVPN. I have a Linux server with a block of 32 Public IP Addresses 192.0.2.160/27, named Server 1, along with one other Public IP Address that is bound to eth0 on that…
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Setting static ip causes network delays

I am running into a problem after setting static IP on my linux systems (Ubuntu and Raspbian). If i set static ip, i experience 5-10 second initial hangs when interacting with it by SSH or http after being left inactive for a few seconds This does…
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