[CentOS] Set static IP

[David C. Miller]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joseph Hesse" <joehesse at gmail.com>
> To: centos at centos.org
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 12:41:09 PM
> Subject: [CentOS] Set static IP
> 
> Hello,
> I want my CentOS 6.5 computer to have a static IP.  Currently I get
> the
> IP I want because I have my router assign it on the basis of mac
> address.
> I placed the following file as:
> /etc/sysconfig/networking-scripts/eth0
> 
> DEVICE="eth0"
> BOOTPROTO=static
> HWADDR=00:1F:D0:9E:AE:67
> ONBOOT=yes
> TYPE=Ethernet
> USERCTL=no
> IPV6INIT=no
> PEERDNS=yes
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> IPADDR=192.168.0.99
> GATEWAY=192.168.0.1
> NM_CONTROLLED=no
> 
> I also disabled Network Manager with chkconfig.
> 
> It didn't work.  When I rebooted I had no IP address for eth0. Should
> I
> leave all the other scripts in /etc/sysconfig/networking-scripts
> unchanged?
> 
> Suggestions would be appreciated.
> 
> Thank you,
> Joe


Did you also disable NetworkManager using service NetworkManager stop before making the change and rebooting. If you did not then those scripts were still under NetworkManager control and it would have removed your changes right away.

David Miller.