[Mageia-discuss] Temporarily changing IP address

[Anne Wilson]

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On 21/05/12 15:54, Doug Lytle wrote:
>>> I'm trying to set up a NAS server, and the built-in address is
>>> not on the same subnet as my LAN, so I need to temporarily
>>> change the address of this netbook so that I can run the
>>> configuration.
> 
Thanks for the speedy reply.

> Easy enough to do from the command line, as root:
> 
> if your NAS is on 192.168.0.1, you can put your notebook at
> 192.168.0.100 with:
> 
> ifconfig eth0:temp 192.168.0.100 netmask 255.255.255.0
> 
> Now your netbook would have 2 ip addresses, one under eth0 and one
> under eth0:temp
> 
> To remove the eth0:temp would be:
> 
> ifconfig eth0:temp down
> 
I guess that I have to remove NetworkManager control before doing
this?  And then "ifdown eth0" before calling up eth0:temp?  I wonder
of NM was the problem all the time.

Anne

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