How To Set Static IP Address For Ubuntu Server

In This Tutorial I will tell you how to set the ip address for ubuntu Desktop  & Ubuntu server.

Servers usually uses Static IP address for users to access the server frequently,so for that Static IP address are assigning

For setting the static ip address edit the interfaces file using VI or VIM,It is located in the location /etc/network/interfaces

sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces

In  the Interfaces file  loopback configuration is present,so add the following lines in the interfaces file

auto eth0

iface eth0 inet static

address 192.168.X.X

netmask 255.255.255.0

gateway 192.168.X.X

network 192.168.X.X

braodcast 192.168.X.X

After typing all those save and restart the network service by using the command

/etc/init.d/networking restart

(or)

service networking restart

That's it static ip assigned.......