An IP address is like your physical mailing address. Once you connect a Linux distribution like Ubuntu to the Internet or a ...

Restarted networking, rebooted, called 12.04 some unkind names, and it still gets its address via DHCP. I've worked around this by doing the whole DHCP MAC reservation thing.

I just got a Zyxel Modem from Century Link and 5 usable Static IPs in a block of 8. I configured the modem for "transparent bridging" and configured the PPOE credentials on a DD-WRT router and now it ...