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umen242
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windows 7 64bit as the host , centos 64 bit as guest cant get static ip with brige config

Hi

i have installed centOs 64 bit on my vmware player every thing is working fine and the CentOS is working but when i do

if config -a i dont get any static ip number that i could connect to with putty ( ssh server is up i checked )

i configured to brige as all articals say but still i dont get static ip :

i attached picture of the output

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marcelo_soares
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If the IP is static, you need to provide one. You can do:

ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.5 netmask 255.255.255.0 up

And then set a default gateway:

route add -net 0.0.0.0 gw 192.168.1.1

That said, only examples, replace by anything you have configured in your network...

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