<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" type="topic" style="task" id="net-fixed-ip-address" xml:lang="kn">

  <info>

    <link type="guide" xref="net-wired"/>

    <link type="seealso" xref="net-findip"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-03-13" status="final"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.15" date="2014-12-04" status="final"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-28" status="final"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.24" date="2017-03-26" status="final"/>

    <credit type="author">

      <name>Jim Campbell</name>

      <email>jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="author">

      <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>

      <email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>

      <years>2014</years>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>Michael Hill</name>

      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>

    <desc>Using a static IP address can make it easier to provide some network

    services from your computer.</desc>

  </info>

  <title>Create a connection with a fixed IP address</title>

  
Most networks will automatically assign an <link xref="net-what-is-ip-address">IP address</link> and other details to your

  computer when you connect to the network. These details can change

  periodically, but you might want to have a fixed IP address for the computer

  so you always know what its address is (for example, if it is a file

  server).

  <steps>

    <title>To give your computer a fixed (static) IP address:</title>

    <item>

      
Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> overview and

      start typing <gui>Network</gui>.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Click on <gui>Network</gui> to open the panel.

    </item>

    <item>

      
In the left pane, select the network connection that you want to have

      a fixed address. If you plug in to the network with a cable, click

      <gui>Wired</gui>, then click the

      <media its:translate="no" type="image" src="figures/emblem-system.png">settings</media> button in the lower right corner of

      the panel. For a <gui>Wi-Fi</gui> connection, the 

      <media its:translate="no" type="image" src="figures/emblem-system.png">settings</media>

      button will be located next to the active network.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Click on <gui>IPv4</gui> or <gui>IPv6</gui> in the left pane

      and change the <gui>Addresses</gui> to Manual.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Type in the <gui xref="net-what-is-ip-address">IP Address</gui> and

      <gui>Gateway</gui>, as well as the appropriate <gui>Netmask</gui>.

    </item>

    <item>

      
In the <gui>DNS</gui> section, switch <gui>Automatic</gui> to

      <gui>OFF</gui>. Enter the IP address of a DNS server you want to use.

      Enter additional DNS server addresses using the <gui>+</gui> button.

    </item>

    <item>

      
In the <gui>Routes</gui> section, switch <gui>Automatic</gui> to

      <gui>OFF</gui>. Enter the <gui>Address</gui>, <gui>Netmask</gui>,

      <gui>Gateway</gui> and <gui>Metric</gui> for a route you want to use.

      Enter additional routes using the <gui>+</gui> button.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Click <gui>Apply</gui>. The network connection should now have a fixed

      IP address.

    </item>

  </steps>

</page>