On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 10:02:38AM -0500, Eric Furman wrote: > On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:05:56 +0200, "Paul Irofti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > said: > > I have changed one of my workstation's IP with: > > > > $ sudo ifconfig vr0 inet 192.168.1.64 > > > > OK, I'll ask a dumb question and I apologize if this seems too obvious. > Did you first bring the interface 'down', before changing the IP > address? And then bring it back 'up', afterwords? Changing the IP > address on the fly can result in a number of unexpected things > happening.
Heh, that must've been it. Reading your message I realized I don't remember marking it as down before issuing the command. I remember doing a bunch of ups and downs afterwards, but not before. Thanks, I think that explains it. I've done this multiple times and never had any trouble until last night. I was sure there was something dumb I did (-:
