[PLUG] Dumbass network question

[Daniel Johnson]

> 1) Every time I mount the desktop partition on the laptop I must first
> figure out what the desktop address has become. For example, the last
> time I did this its address was 192.168.0.126. Today it is
> 192.168.0.148. It is easy enough to use the GUI on the desktop to
> figure it out (System > Adminsitration > Network Tools, then click on
> the ethernet device in the dropdown). But I shouldn't have to do this.
> Is there a way to make things stay the same?

You can probably setup in the router to recognize the desktop by MAC
address, and always give it the same IP address.