Re: Setting IP address not working
On Wednesday 15 June 2005 17:52, Kent West wrote:
> followed by editing the interfaces file to a static IP so it looks like:
>
> # The loopback network interface
>
> >auto lo
> >iface lo inet loopback
> >
> ># The primary network interface
> >auto eth0
> >iface eth0 inet static
> > address 192.168.0.21
> > netmask 255.255.0.0 (or 255.255.255.0, or whatever it's supposed to
> > be on your network)
>
> and then
> /etc/init.d/networking start
>
> and report the output.
>
>
root@kanger alan # /etc/init.d/networking start
Setting up IP spoofing protection: rp_filter.
Configuring network interfaces...ifup: interface lo already configured
RTNETLINK answers: Cannot assign requested address
done.
root@kanger alan # ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:DA:CF:A5:06
inet addr:169.254.50.3 Bcast:0.0.0.0 Mask:255.255.0.0
inet6 addr: fe80::250:daff:fecf:a506/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:95788 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:60961 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:109984491 (104.8 MiB) TX bytes:4796355 (4.5 MiB)
Interrupt:5 Base address:0xd400
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:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:213 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:213 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:42880 (41.8 KiB) TX bytes:42880 (41.8 KiB)
root@kanger alan # more /etc/network/interfaces
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.0.21
netmask 255.255.255.0
root@kanger alan #
--
Alan Chandler
http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk
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