From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 11 16:10:57 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.shellnet.co.uk (smtp.shellnet.co.uk [194.129.209.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCD5514FB5 for ; Thu, 11 Nov 1999 16:10:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from flec@flec.co.uk) Received: from STEVENFHOME (stevenf.shellnet.co.uk [194.128.147.85]) by smtp.shellnet.co.uk (8.9.3/8.9.1-shellnet.stevenf) with SMTP id AAA12566; Fri, 12 Nov 1999 00:10:45 GMT Posted-Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 00:10:45 GMT From: flec@flec.co.uk (Steven Fletcher) To: Marc Wandschneider Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing a Machine's IP address? Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 00:10:45 GMT Message-ID: <382b5a5e.16985792@smtp.shellnet.co.uk> References: <13D5F9EDFD72D211BC3100105A1C22330549C6@akira.lanfear.com> In-Reply-To: <13D5F9EDFD72D211BC3100105A1C22330549C6@akira.lanfear.com> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.5/32.452 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 16:06:17 -0800, you wrote: > > I want to change the IP address of my machine. Is it as simple >as changing /etc/rc.conf and rebooting? the machine name (but not You don't even have to reboot. Read the man pages for "ifconfig" and "hostname" if you like to keep your uptime, it isn't difficult at all. > can it really be that easy (as opposed to linux, where I still >can't get a straight answer on this ...) It really is. *resist*temptation*to*bitch*about*another*certain*os* ;-) -flec flec@relic.net flec@flec.co.uk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message