I am trying to change an IP address on a machine running HPUX10
After I change it I can ping it from the outside but it completely locks the console. After a reboot it returns back to its previous IP. Any ideas??
Thanks
Brian (7 Replies)
why the ifconfig command is not working in my machine?
it says "-bash: ifconfig: command not found"
why its says that?
actually i m looking for "how can I know the Network Interface Card physical address?"
Requesting u all for help.
thanks (3 Replies)
hey,
I know that ifconfig on linux systems is identical to win ipconfig.
I wanted to know if there is a linux distribution (new or old) that uses the ipconfig command.
thanks alot :) (2 Replies)
Hi All,
I logged into a sun microsystems server box, using both a vnc session and a ssh session. I am able to use "ifconfig -a" in a ssh session, but the same on a vnc session says that its a invalid command. how is this possible, when i am logging into the same box through two different... (4 Replies)
Hello everyone.
Im using last redhat enterprise edition and in my working environment, i'm always reconfiguring both interfaces , eth0 and eth1, everytime i change any interface, (i use ifconfig to change ip, and after i execute "/etc/init.d/network restart") my "/etc/hosts" file... (9 Replies)
Hi all,
I am getting some error messages during bootup
ifconfig :<hostname> bad address
and some more messages related to it.
I some how checked the /etc/hostanem.hme0 /etc/hosts file.
Entries in these files were proper.
If I am running the following command from root:
... (5 Replies)
Hi All,
I need some info on ifconfig.
ifconfig is available in Linux and Solaris. However the options available in Solaris is not there in Linux.
1. ifconfig -a == output is different in both OS. I am somewhat able to compare the output. But one thing I am not getting is after the flags... (2 Replies)
So, I have this script that makes a call to ifconfig to pull the interface information and report it. When I log on to the machine the script works just fine. But, if I'm on a remote machine and I make a call like this.
ssh user@server ./script.bash
I get an error saying that the IFCONFIG command... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: Binary Buddha
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
inetutils-ifconfig
IFCONFIG(1) User Commands IFCONFIG(1)NAME
ifconfig - configure network interfaces
SYNOPSIS
ifconfig [OPTION...]
DESCRIPTION
NAME [ADDR] [broadcast BRDADDR] [pointopoint|dstaddr DSTADDR]
[netmask MASK] [metric N] [mtu N] [txqueuelen N] [up|down] [FLAGS]
Configure network interfaces.
-a, --all
display all available interfaces
-A, --address=ADDR
set interface address to ADDR
-B, -b, --broadcast=ADDR, --brdaddr=ADDR
set broadcast address to ADDR
-d, -p, --dstaddr=ADDR, --peer=ADDR
set destination (peer) address to ADDR
--down shut the interface down
--format=FORMAT
select output format (or set back to default)
-F, --flags=FLAG[,FLAG...] set interface flags
-i, --interface=NAME
configure network interface NAME
-m, --netmask=MASK
set netmask to MASK
--metric=N
set metric of interface to N
-M, --mtu=N
set mtu of interface to N
-s, --short
short output format
--up activate the interface (default if address is given)
-v, --verbose
output information when configuring interface
Linux-specific options
-T, --txqlen=N
set transmit queue length to N
-?, --help
give this help list
--usage
give a short usage message
-V, --version
print program version
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.
Known flags are: allmulti, automedia, debug, loopback, multicast, portsel, running, trailers, up
AUTHOR
Written by Marcus Brinkmann.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-inetutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for ifconfig is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and ifconfig programs are properly installed at your
site, the command
info ifconfig
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU inetutils 1.9 December 2011 IFCONFIG(1)