How To Change Ip Address Static Dynamic Linux Fedora Core Red Hat

How To Change Ip Address Static Dynamic Linux Fedora Core Red Hat [ Visit Post ]

today, i just installed a new OS on a computer. i installed fedora 7 and now because i had to take a trip, i can only ssh into my server and i have to change my ip adress, Originally when i installed the os, i set it to DHCP, but now i want to change it to a static ip. so if you are in the same situation as i am, maybe you can learn from this on how you can change your ip address remotely.. these are the steps i took to make it happen 1. login as root 2. get your current IP address with this command: ifconfig The OUTPUT will look som ..... Read More

Comments by: Danniel

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:37:50 -0800

thank you so much for the sharing!

Comments by: Chetan

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:37:50 -0800

i think the only thing which is missing from modifying the /etc/ifcfg-eth0 file above is mentioning the gateway. put this line along with what already in there and restart the networking servinces and you should be good to go: # gateway is your routers ip address generally. gateway=192.168.0.1

Comments by: jeetendra

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:37:50 -0800

i want information about set the ip address in red hat linux

Comments by: Rajesh

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:37:50 -0800

thanq frnd.. this helped me a lot..

Comments by: Howard

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:37:50 -0800

instead of rebooting you can just run: /etc/init.d/network restart

Comments by: Nate

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:37:50 -0800

i tried both methods listed here, but when i restart my computer, or restart the network service, i get my old dhcp-assigned ip address. initially, my /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcf file did not have the bootproto directive. i added that, and set it to static. my entire /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcf file now looks like this: peerdns=yes hwaddr=

Comments by: jhanx

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:37:50 -0800

i love it!!! it's just bleeding fabolous

Comments by: interface

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:37:50 -0800

yeah, its better to just restart the network instead of rebooting the machine. thanks for your tutorial. helped me alot

Comments by: spen

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:37:50 -0800

this is very helpful! i would like to comment that you can restart the network service instead of rebooting.. on fedora.. /etc/init.d/network restart :)