Switch to Static IP Address on Ubuntu server or no gui 16.0.4.5, 17.04, 17.10

sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto ens33 #ens33 is your interface lan in linux, to see what is name is your lan interface write this in linux terminal `ip add`
iface ens33 inet static
address 192.168.0.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.0.0
broadcst 192.168.0.255
gateway 192.168.0.1
dns-nameservers 192.168.0.3

Now exit nano by keyboard button pressing ctrl + x

Now check see what status is networking

service networking status

If networking status stopped " with red color " then write this:

service networking start

If networkng status is active " with green color " then write this:

service netwokring restart

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