How to set IP using pump?

[redss]

In slackware I know I can set my box to a specific IP (instead of requesting one via DHCP) by adding the IP to /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1

What is the corresponding way for a Debian box (which uses pump) to decide its own IP?

[teeitup]

Edit the file /etc/network/interfaces

Should say:
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

Using your own numbers make "# The primary network interface" look something like this:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.0.111
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.0.1

Add your nameservers or your router IP address to /etc/resolv.conf

If you're currently using DHCP to get this information save the information from the
/sbin/ifconfig command and the output of cat /etc/resolv.conf they should give all the information you need.

For more information check out chapter 10 of this document:

Debian Reference Document (http://qref.sourceforge.net/Debian/reference/reference.en.html)

Good Luck,

[redss]

That worked fine, thank you!

The only thing is, now after a period of inactivity, my ssh connection goes inactive until I ping the ssh client from the server. It seems that pinging from the server "reminds" the server of the IP its supposed to have.

Maybe there is a dhcp daemon running that is resetting the IP? But ps -ef doesn't reveal anything running like dhcpd or pump.

Any ideas?