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My local network is using manual adresses instead of DHCP. Is it possible to configure my own IP adress and DNS?

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My local network is using manual adresses instead of DHCP. Is it possible to configure my own IP adress and DNS?

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The first thing to try is to click on the little last icon up in the right corner, this will bring up the Network Manager where we can hopefully configure a manual network connection, the icon looks like this one below: through the Network Manager you will have GUI aids to set up your manual configuration. When you request an IP (network manager does) you get some new numbers in the resolv, conf.