Amanda Shuler said > I have a question about ifconfig. > I have a machine that I am trying to configure to put onto a local > network. > I'm an assigning it IP address 192.168.76.76 > I type: > ifconfig eth0 192.168.76.76 > > then I check it with ifconfig and everything is correct. I reboot the > machine, and recheck ifconfig -- it's wrong. It resets the IP address to > 192.168.1.1 everytime! > > Currently, I do not have this machine physically hooked up to the network, > because I was just doing the configuration and I didn't want to knock > another (very important) machine off the network. If the ethernet card is > not actually hooked up to the network, will that cause this "reset" to > happen upon every boot? > No, it's not that the machine is or is not on the net. It's a config file issue.
> How do I get it to stay at 192.168.76.76? > Check /etc/init.d/network This is where the system gets it information durring boot for the various network interfaces. Find the reference to 192.168.1.1 and edit it to be 192.168.76.76. Reboot and test. > ----------------------------------------------------- > Amanda Shuler | I don't want to start any > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | blasphemous rumours, but... > ----------------------------------------------------- > Chuck -- Chuck Stickelman, Owner E-Mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Practical Network Design Voice: +1-419-529-3841 9 Chambers Road FAX: +1-419-529-3625 Mansfield, OH 44906-1301 USA
