chances are good you need to ifconfig eth0 down first. After ifconfig eth0 blah blah up you will probably need to add default routes to your gateway, as well as to your network, etc.
Oh yes, I think the "dynamic IP patch" comes into play for this situation: echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr (Is this located anywhere by default on a debian system?) have fun :) On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 03:36:28PM +1000, 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?? > > 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 -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
