Problem with eth0

[jamesman]

I'm having a problem with my network interface. I just installed Debian Sid testing on my PC and eth0 is showing an IP address of 169.254.97.20. However, I'm able to connect to the internet without a problem. I was running DHCP but I decided to assign a static address just to see if it would go away. When I do a ifconfig, I receive this..

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:2F:E0:41:CC
inet addr:169.254.97.20 Bcast:0.0.0.0 Mask:255.255.0.0
inet6 addr: fe80::211:2fff:fee0:41cc/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:13894 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:18098 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1763369 (1.6 MiB) TX bytes:16674131 (15.9 MiB)
Interrupt:169

I don't understand. The address I'm assigning is 192.168.15.101. I've confirmed that its using this by pinging it from other computers. I've also tried manualy assigning it using the ifconfig command but it returns to this after a reboot. Any ideas? Thanks.

[farslayer]

Did you change the IP information by using ifconfig changes made by using ifconfig will disapear after a reboot.

permanent changes require you edit the config file /etc/network/interfaces

and /etc/resolv.conf for DNS settings