I'm trying to set up a basic server that can be accessed on the WWW via a domain name. Using Ubuntu 12LTS Server and am stuck on Step 7 of this tutorial : The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS | HowtoForge
Because the Ubuntu installer has configured our system to get its network settings via DHCP, we have to change that now because a server should have a static IP address. Edit /etc/network/interfaces and adjust it to your needs (in this example setup I will use the IP address 192.168.0.100 and the DNS servers 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
I've also read the manual entry on this, but I'm still confused. What are "my needs"? How did this author get those IP addresses? Should I just use those exact ones on my machine?
Thanks.