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. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Shao. > > -- > ____________________________________________________________________________ > Shao Zhang - Running Debian 2.1 ___ _ _____ > Department of Communications / __| |_ __ _ ___ |_ / |_ __ _ _ _ __ _ > University of New South Wales \__ \ ' \/ _` / _ \ / /| ' \/ _` | ' \/ _` | > Sydney, Australia |___/_||_\__,_\___/ /___|_||_\__,_|_||_\__, | > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > |___/ > _____________________________________________________________________________ > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
