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The instruction from this link works to change from DHCP dynamic IP to static. But there's a step where it says:

You need to also remove the dhcp client for this to stick (thanks to Peter for noticing). You might need to remove dhcp-client3 instead.

And then:

sudo apt-get remove dhcp-client

Is that really necessary? If so why? Is there any other way without removing dhcp-client?

alvas
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  • Reading through this "how-to" (Dr. Evil air quotes), I get the distinct feeling the author does not really know what he's talking about... He seems to adopt several "tips" (air quotes again) from the comments without further ado. – Nephente Oct 08 '15 at 08:27

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No, you don't need to do that. Refer to this other answer on askubuntu site

I personally use the following bit of code in /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf file on my home PC which has a USB wireless dongle attached to it:

interface "wlan0" {
    send dhcp-requested-address 192.168.0.222;

}

As you can see, the PC always asks for 192.168.0.222 address.

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Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
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i have never removed the dhcp-client for a static lease. if you edit the interfaces file to make your eth0, or which eth you are configuring, static. It should work after a reboot or a network restart.

So imho no you don't have to remove it... hope it helps

Robin Moerland
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