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Title
Linux - Restore - LiveDVD - Setting a Static IP Address -
Description
When trying to restore from the AppAssure or Rapid Recovery Linux LiveDVD you may encounter a situation where you do not have a DHCP Server or simply want to set a static IP address.
After setting a static IP address the IP address may continue to drop or disconnect from the AppAssure or Rapid Recovery Core Server.
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Cause
AppAssure and Rapid Recovery was built on an Ubuntu LiveCD which has a Network Manager service in place. This service will constantly query DHCP for an IP address. -
Resolution
1.) Stop the Ubuntu Network Manager from automatically trying to get a DHCP address.service network-manager stop
2.) Modify the /etc/network/interfaces file.vim /etc/network/interfaces
# The primary network interfaceauto eth0iface eth0 inet dhcp
CHANGE The above To Your desired IP (EXAMPLE ONLY, YOUR INFORMATION WILL BE DIFFERRENT):
# The primary network interfaceauto eth0iface eth0 inet staticaddress 10.10.10.10netmask 255.255.255.0broadcast 10.10.10.255gateway 10.10.10.1dns-nameservers 10.10.10.1 8.8.8.8dns-search example.local
*NOTE: All fields are not required as you do not necessarily need a gateway, for example.3.) Restart the network service.
/etc/init.d/networking restart4.) You should now have a static IP Address set. You can test it by pinging the core.
ping -c 4
*Note: When you have a static IP Address set, it will not show up on the URC menu as a DHCP IP Address would. In this case you can check your IP configuration with the ifconfig command. Typing 'ifconfig' from the terminal should show something similar as below; if you have successfully configured an IP Address.
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00inet addr:10.10.10.10 Bcast:10.10.10.255 Mask:255.255.255.0UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1RX packets:23570 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0TX packets:7117 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000RX bytes:5413974 (5.4 MB) TX bytes:6222825 (6.2 MB)