auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.198.100
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.198.2
the network restarted but when i look in ifconfig the ip address is not the same as the the adressin the interfaces file
debian:/home/andy# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:18:84:A6
inet addr:192.168.198.129 Bcast:192.168.198.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fe18:84a6/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1491 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1280 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1425877 (1.3 MiB) TX bytes:167489 (163.5 KiB)
Interrupt:169 Base address:0x2000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:560 (560.0 b) TX bytes:560 (560.0 b)