Re: change the ip address without rebooting

[Evan Van Dyke <e-van@nwu.edu>]

Shao Zhang wrote:
> 
> hi,
>         How do I change the ip address of my machine without rebooting?
> 
>         I did an
> 
>         ifconfig eth0 xxx.xxx.xxx.xx netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast
>         xxx.xxx.xxx.255
> 
>         But it does not seem to be enough. After the above command, I
>         cannot telnet to anywhere unless I do a reboot...
> 
>         Can someone please help me??

Did you change the routing tables?

--Evan

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