[SGVLUG] Can I Manually Change an IP Address on my Local Machine?

[John Kreznar]

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Hart Larry <chime at hubert-humphrey.com> writes:

> ... can I manually change an ip address of the local Debian machine?
> And exactly what will I type?

Assuming the ethernet device is eth0, type

   ifconfig eth0 <new-address> up

where <new-address> is the intended new ip address, e.g. 192.168.1.9.

A way to check whether the ethernet device is eth0 is to type simply

   ifconfig

Before and after changing the ip address, you might also type simply

   route

to confirm that the Debian kernel routing table correctly tracks the
change.


> This machine is still running at 157 days.

Triple-digit up-time!  You must be doing something right.
Congratulations!

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