Static Ip Address (newb question)

[David Weir <dweir us toyota-itc com>]

Hello all,
I want to use network manager on my dell laptop running Kubuntu 7.04. 
The version available is 0.6.4-6.
I tried it out, but when I attempted to assign a static IP address, it 
would hold it for approx 1 minute, then assign a different IP address 
(last byte different). Can you help me find out where it's getting that 
last byte from?

My netmask is 255.255.255.192, i try to assign XXX.XXX.XXX.185 and it 
insisted on assigning XXX.XXX.XXX.170.

Now I've uninstalled networkmanager and am having to manage the switch 
between wired and wireless manually.

Thanks for your help
David

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