Re: Ip address assignment

2009-09-08 Thread Bruno Novais
t; Sent: 08 September 2009 15:35 > > To: Kernelnewbies > > Subject: Re: Ip address assignment > > > > Hi, > > > > On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 01:10:48 -0700, "Vivek Subbarao" > > > > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > > >

RE: Ip address assignment

2009-09-08 Thread Vivek Subbarao
Thanks for the explanation. I understood your point. > -Original Message- > From: Bernd Petrovitsch [mailto:be...@firmix.at] > Sent: 08 September 2009 16:38 > To: Vivek Subbarao > Cc: kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org > Subject: Re: Ip address assignment > > On Tue, 2

Re: Ip address assignment

2009-09-08 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Tue, 2009-09-08 at 01:10 -0700, Vivek Subbarao wrote: [...] > The ip address assigned through ifconfig is not persistent. Why is the > behaviour so? Instead of editing files to add persistent addresses why > not make ifconfig add persistent addresses? Is there a drawback to > this? - It's not th

RE: Ip address assignment

2009-09-08 Thread Vivek Subbarao
ux.org [mailto:kernelnewbies- > bou...@nl.linux.org] On Behalf Of micro...@virginbroadband.com.au > Sent: 08 September 2009 15:35 > To: Kernelnewbies > Subject: Re: Ip address assignment > > Hi, > > On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 01:10:48 -0700, "Vivek Subbarao" > >

Re: Ip address assignment

2009-09-08 Thread microbit
Hi, On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 01:10:48 -0700, "Vivek Subbarao" wrote: > Hi, > > > > The ip address assigned through ifconfig is not persistent. Why is the > behaviour so? Instead of editing files to add persistent addresses why > not make ifconfig add persistent addresses? Is there a drawback to thi

Re: Ip address assignment

2009-09-08 Thread Shameem Ahamed
Please check, whether you have dhcp client running or not. dhcp will assign ips automatically. If so, disable dhcp. Shammi > >From: Vivek Subbarao >To: kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org >Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 1:40:48 PM >Subject: Ip address assignment > > > >

Re: Ip address assignment

2009-09-08 Thread Gaurang Shastri
Hello Vivek, There is no drawback on ifconfig. Ifconfig is used to configure the kernel-resident network interfaces. It is used at boot time to set up interfaces as necessary. After that, it is usually only needed when debugging or when system tuning is needed. Also if you see the network serv

Ip address assignment

2009-09-08 Thread Vivek Subbarao
Hi, The ip address assigned through ifconfig is not persistent. Why is the behaviour so? Instead of editing files to add persistent addresses why not make ifconfig add persistent addresses? Is there a drawback to this? Thank you, Vivek S