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  <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"/>

    <credit type="author">
      <name>Jim Campbell</name>
      <email its:translate="no">jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
      <email its:translate="no">kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
      <years>2014</years>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Michael Hill</name>
      <email its:translate="no">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>
  
    <mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright">
      <mal:name>Adam Matoušek</mal:name>
      <mal:email>adamatousek@gmail.com</mal:email>
      <mal:years>2012</mal:years>
    </mal:credit>
  
    <mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright">
      <mal:name>Marek Černocký</mal:name>
      <mal:email>marek@manet.cz</mal:email>
      <mal:years>2014</mal:years>
    </mal:credit>
  </info>

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

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

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> overview and
      start typing <gui>Network</gui>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click on <gui>Network</gui> to open the panel.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>In the left pane, select the network connection that you want to give
      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"><span its:translate="yes">settings</span></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"><span its:translate="yes">settings</span></media>
      button will be located next to the active network.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click on the <gui>IPv4 Settings</gui> or <gui>IPv6 Settings</gui> tab
      and change the <gui>Addresses</gui> to <em>Manual</em>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Enter the <em>Address</em>, <em>Netmask</em>, and <em>Gateway</em>
      information into the appropriate boxes. How you choose these will depend
      on your network setup; there are specific rules governing which IP
      addresses and netmasks are valid for a given network.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>If necessary, enter a <em>Domain Name Server</em> address into the
      <gui>DNS servers</gui> box. This is the IP address of a server which
      looks up domain names; most corporate networks and internet providers
      have dedicated DNS servers.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click <gui>Apply</gui>. The network connection should now have a fixed
      IP address.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

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