Re: change the ip address without rebooting

[Robert Maynard Rhyu <bob@maydesign.net>]

Hello,

On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, 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??

You must take down the interface prior to assigning it a new IP address:

# ifconfig eth0 down

Check the output of ifconfig (without arguments) to ensure the interface
is down...

Then bring up the interface with the new IP address as you've outlined
above.

Check the output of ifconfig (again, without arguments) to ensure the
interface is up and has the proper IP address/netmask/etc.

Be sure to edit /etc/init.d/network and /etc/hosts to reflect your
changes if you intend to keep your new IP address.

HTH,
Robert.
bob@maydesign.net



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