static IP Debian 5

[philly]

Thanks dzoner,
I will put the following in etc/network/interfaces, I will change my IP and gateway that is currently working. Is this correct.

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.155
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
dns-nameservers 192.168.1.254

[fail2ban]

Thanks dzoner,
I will put the following in etc/network/interfaces, I will change my IP and gateway that is currently working. Is this correct.

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.155
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
dns-nameservers 192.168.1.254

Yes, that's ok.

in /etc/resolv.conf you have dns servers in case that that's not working with the last line.

[philly]

Yes, that's ok.

in /etc/resolv.conf you have dns servers in case that that's not working with the last line.

Thanks,
All ok now. Just wanted to get to the bottom of this one. I did get around the problem by setting the two other PC's in the house to static and disabling the DHCP in the router. As this Linux PC is for me to mess around with I was not worried if I crashed it a some stage as it cost me zero, however the only way to learn is to get stuck in.
Thanks to all other members who gave me a dig-out.
keep up the good work.