how to set a static ip on ubuntu 14.04 which is runing on wmware workstation 10.

Question

i configured master and slave setup. but some times after restart the machines wired ip address changes. how to set a static ip step by step. please help me thank you.

Answer 1

1. sudo -s
2. ip link show
3. chose your network interface
4. nano /etc/network/interfaces
5. allow-hotplug nameOfYourNetworkInterface iface nameOfYourNetworkInterface inet static address yourIPAddress netmask yourMask gateway yourGateway dns-nameservers IPAddressOfYourDNSServer IPAddressOfYourSecondDNSServer