/etc/init.d/networking restart does not change IP address. I have to reboot. Help.
Trying to change the IP address in /etc/network/interfaces and then
/etc/init.d/networking restart does not really change my IP. I am
having to do a reboot to really change the IP. Could someone please
help me in understanding why restarting networking doesn't do it?
OUTPUT BEFORE CHANGING IP ADDRESS:
lenny-template:~# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0c:29:e9:63:c4
inet addr:10.31.253.153 Bcast:10.31.253.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fee9:63c4/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:255 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:48 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:22731 (22.1 KiB) TX bytes:6835 (6.6 KiB)
Interrupt:18 Base address:0x2080
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:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:560 (560.0 B) TX bytes:560 (560.0 B)
lenny-template:~# cat /etc/network/interfaces
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 10.31.253.153
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 10.31.253.0
broadcast 10.31.253.255
gateway 10.31.253.1
# dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
dns-nameservers 10.100.8.203
Then I edit only the 'address' line of 'iface eth0 inet static' to:
address 10.31.253.154
and issue the command: /etc/init.d/networking restart.
After that when I run ipconfig command, I see only iface lo in the
output. If I run ipconfig -a command, then I see iface eth0 too but
its ip address is still the old one: 10.31.253.153
Please help.
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