static IP under F10

[Braden McDaniel]

On 12/26/08 2:53 PM, Alain Roger wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i have setup a static IP for my F10 computer (which will be use later as
> DB server for test development).
> therefore i modify the following 3 files:
> /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0
> /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/ifcfg-eth0
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
>
> i setup my mask to 255.255.255.0 as usual and after i reboot F10.
> after login as user, F10 as setup eth0 inactive. when i press the button
> activate, eth0 is activated but the mask turns to my default gateway
> address... and internet does not work.
>
> where is the problem ?

Did you use system-config-network to check your settings? If so, it 
could have hosed them for you in exactly this manner.  See:

   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469434

Manually edit the files to set the proper netmask; and don't let 
system-config-network touch them. :-/

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