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Changing IP address
Post 32584 by merlin on Saturday 30th of November 2002 10:02:33 AM
11-30-2002
ifconfig?
I've never used ifconfig to change a IP when I always want it to have that as a IP. I run Solaris 7 & 8 + Sun OS. Ifconfig is used to change a IP yes. BUT after you restart the system it'll go back to the IP that is in the host table.
ifconfig is a temp thing. It wont keep the IP you added with ifconfig after a reboot.
As the above post says we need to know what your O/S is.
In Solaris though I'd change the /etc/hosts file, and whatever else I would like to change.
Just remember ifocnfig is only for temp IP's. It's good to know and handy to use if you work on more then one network.
I've never used ifconfig to change a IP when I always want it to have that as a IP. I run Solaris 7 & 8 + Sun OS. Ifconfig is used to change a IP yes. BUT after you restart the system it'll go back to the IP that is in the host table.
ifconfig is a temp thing. It wont keep the IP you added with ifconfig after a reboot.
As the above post says we need to know what your O/S is.
In Solaris though I'd change the /etc/hosts file, and whatever else I would like to change.
Just remember ifocnfig is only for temp IP's. It's good to know and handy to use if you work on more then one network.
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RARPD(8) System Manager's Manual RARPD(8) NAME
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rarpd [-d] DESCRIPTION
Rarpd listens on the ethernet for broadcast packets asking for reverse address resolution. These packets are sent by hosts at boot time to find out their IP address. Rarpd looks up the six octet ethernet number in the /etc/ethers file finding a host name. This name is trans- lated to the IP address of the host by a DNS lookup. The IP address is then sent to the host. Before rarpd can start its service it first finds out what the IP addresses of the ethernets are. It will look through /etc/ethers to map the ethernet addresses to host names. It then uses /etc/hosts to map the host names to IP addresses. If this lookup fails then several RARP requests are broadcasted in the hope that some RARP server knows the addresses. The IP addresses are eventually set in the same way as ifconfig(8). (The address is not changed if already set with ifconfig.) Note that the host names in the ethers and hosts files must match exactly. The DNS can not be used yet, so a simple name can't be translated to a fully qualified name. Rarpd exits after startup if there are no active ethernets, or if there is no ethers file. Warning! Sun diskless workstations assume that the first RARP server that answers is the host they are to boot from. For this to work all other Sun RARP servers delay their answer if they are not also the requestors boot server. The Minix rarpd does not have this kludge so it will happily engage the Sun boot server to see who can answer the client first. Unless your Minix host can actually serve a Sun diskless client, it is better not to list any more hosts in the ethers file than necessary. OPTIONS
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