OK, here's the story:
I have a machine running 11.x that I had built some time ago. It's been running Ubuntu since 8.x and has been upgraded with each release via the update manager. This particular machine is used basically as a headless unit. It houses a few hard drives that can usually be accessed by the other laptops in the house for documents, pictures, etc.
I've never really had a problem with it until a few months ago, I believe.
The problem I'm having is that the pc goes to sleep at some point even though it's configured not to (power management, screen saver, etc are all disabled). I can't access it through the public shares by ip OR name. I have to physically log into the machine, connect to the internet and browse to a laptop before a laptop can find it on the network. Even then, I have to connect by IP address first before name resolution will work.
I have two questions:
1. How do I keep this machine on the network so that it's always accessible? Preferably without installing Ubuntu server.
2. How can I turn off the DHCP client on the machine and set it to a static ip address?
Can anyone help or have gone through something similar? I know I'm probably leaving something out. Let me know and I'll answer questions as best as I am able.
Thanks!
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