I'm having a really hard time configuring ubuntu 13.04 to have a static ip address. I have tried multiple solutions but everytime I reboot (can't do the network reset command because ubuntu freezes) I end up with no connection.

Here is what I get when i type ifconfig into the terminal:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 10:bf:48:bc:07:cb  
          inet addr:192.168.0.8  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::12bf:48ff:febc:7cb/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1763067 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1024326 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:2284491220 (2.2 GB)  TX bytes:136809317 (136.8 MB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:1840 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1840 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:185688 (185.6 KB)  TX bytes:185688 (185.6 KB)

I have also tried this:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.0.160
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        broadcast 192.168.0.255
        gateway 192.168.0.1
        dns-nameservers 24.222.0.94
        dns-nameservers 24.222.0.95

If anyone could help me it would be very much appreciated.