Re: subnet-change tool
Ah! Thanks - I saw those odd-looking results before rebooting. Will
try again later today, reboot & let you know.
John
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com> wrote:
> [John Ingleby]
>> I attempted to use the subnet-change tool on a fresh Squeeze
>> install, with the aim of changing to 10.20.0.0/24 because our
>> existing network uses 10.0.0.0/24. After applying the tool, the main
>> server IP became 10.20.158.203, but there was also an error message
>> something like "Unable to connect LDAP". So I've reinstalled and now
>> working on plan B, to place a "router" machine between the two
>> networks.
>
> Did you reboot after the change? Did you see the ldap connection
> problem before or after the reboot?
>
> When I do a debug run of subnet-change using '-n 10.20.0.0/24', I get
> these translations:
>
> N: 10.0.0.0 -> 10.20.0.0
> N: 10.0.0.1 -> 10.20.0.1
> N: 10.0.2.2 -> 10.20.0.16
> N: 10.0.16.20 -> 10.20.0.128
> N: 10.0.31.254 -> 10.20.0.254
> N: 10.255.255.255 -> 10.20.0.255
>
> No-where do I end up with 10.20.158.203. Something else must have
> gone wrong with your test. I have no idea what could cause this.
>
>> I guess it would have worked better to change the default network to
>> something like 20.0.0.0/8 ?
>
> I suspect it worked but you forgot to reboot. At least it worked for
> me to change the subnet.
>
> Please reply to debian-edu@lists.debian.org.
> --
> Happy hacking
> Petter Reinholdtsen
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