Hey there,

It sounds like you want to change ethernet settings and reset your DNS.

For DNS, the easiest way would be to create an additonal resolv.conf - /etc/resolv.conf.static or something like that - and backup your current resolv.conf and copy that one over it.

For your ethernet address, you should be able to do something close to the following (setting up a file in /etc/network/interfaces would make this easier, but not as easy to explain

Assuming eth0

ifdown eth0
ifconfig eth0 10.10.10.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 up


should do it - just change 10.10.10.10 to your static IP and replace the 255.255.255.0 subnet mask with whatever is appropriate for your system.


Hope that helps

, Mike