Configure Static IP

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To stop your Linode from getting the network addresses (IP, subnet mask, gateway, resolv.conf etc..) info from the Linode DHCP server is good to configure a static IP.

Remove or comment the line that configures DHCP 

#iface eth0 inet dhcp

Add the following info auto eth0 to the /etc/network/interfaces file 

iface eth0 inet static
       address 192.168.0.1
       network 192.168.0.0
       netmask 255.255.255.0
       broadcast 192.168.0.255
       gateway 192.168.0.254

Reboot the linode server to get the static address set. 

/etc/init.d/networking restart

Edit /etc/hosts and add your new IP addresses: 

127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost       server1
192.168.0.1     server1.example.com     server1

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1     ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts

NOTE: remember to change the values of your IP addresses [1]

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