Re: change the ip address without rebooting

[Shao Zhang <shao@cia.com.au>]

Thanks, that is all I need.

Robert Maynard Rhyu [bob@maydesign.net] wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > Shao.
> > 
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