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Asked: 2026-05-15T19:10:40+00:00

I need to make a machine on my home network use a static ip

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I need to make a machine on my home network use a static ip address. It’s a linux box.

My question is can I make just my linux box use a static ip address where the rest of my network (which is comprised of all windows machines linked up to a router) uses dynampic ip’s?

It not so much the info on configuring the linux box to use a static ip it’s just i’m confused – does my whole network have to use a static ip if I want to use a static ip on one box?

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  1. Editorial Team

    your router is probably running a dhcp server, so you should set your linux box to an ip which is not covered by the dhcp range of your router.

    See man interfaces for information about how to set the static ip for your debian.

    Regards

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