Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 13:35:52 -0600 (CST) From: Jamie <jamie@gnulife.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Fastest way to change IP addresses Message-ID: <20031115132923.J5131-100000@floyd.gnulife.org>
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I want to change the IP address from 200.80.11.7 to 200.80.11.8
on a FreeBSD machine as quickly as possible. Despite my efforts, I can
only get the change to work by editing rc.conf and rebooting the machine.
Isn't there a more elegant way?? The man page for ifconfig seems to cover
changing IP ALIASES, but not the primary IP of an interface.
In order to switch to 200.80.11.8 I've tried:
1) ifconfig de0 200.80.11.8 255.255.255.0
ifconfig -a then gives me:
fxp0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 200.80.11.8 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 200.88.11.255
ether 00:03:47:b1:d6:1c
media: 10BaseT/UTP status: active
But then I cannot ping the gateway,
ping 200.80.11.1
5 Packets transmitted, 0 packets received 100% packet loss
2) I've tried editing /etc/rc.conf with the desired IP address. I
then run:
sh /etc/netstart
It gives me the same output listed in (1), but I still cannot ping the
gateway. The only way I can change the IP address is to make the change in
/etc/rc.conf and reboot the whole machine. Then it works just fine.
I would have to think there has GOT to be a better way.
Am I doing something wrong somewhere, or is it just a requirement that
you need to restart?
Thanks,
- Jamie
Greetings from Minneapolis, MN, United States
"A friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself."
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