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sudo cp /etc/network/interfaces /etc/network/interfaces.v0.0 # Make a backup sudo ne /etc/network/interfaces # Where ne is your preferred text editor |
The file may will look like this,
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# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # The loopback network interface # The primary network interface |
The area where you file might be different is eth0 may be ens3 or something similar. This changes depending on your version of Ubuntu and setup.
We modify the file to look like this where I chose and choose 192.168.0.50. Note that this ip address would never be assigned by my router as I modified itthe router's dhcp address range from 192.168.0.2 - 192.168.0.255 to only be provide DHCP between 192.168.0.100 to - 192.168.0.255. My router itself is using the ip address 192.168.0.1.
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