chkconfig network on; service network start If your not using NetworkManager then you will need the vanilla network service running. ta Andrew On 15 May 2014 21:41, Joseph Hesse <joehesse at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >