I was told by Thomas to make edit the rc.inet1.conf file, puttting in an IP
addr, etc.

Do I have to re-boot to get this to take effect or is there a less drastic way
to "re-start" the network. In other words, when does my eth0 actually "take
on" the new IP address? (Or am I talking gibberish?)

Thanks,

Al

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 08:43:17 -0700, A-B C. wrote:

> I was told by Thomas to make edit the rc.inet1.conf file, puttting in an IP
> addr, etc.

You where informed correctly.
(Although just running "netconfig" might be easier, and should do as well.)

> Do I have to re-boot to get this to take effect or is there a less drastic way
> to "re-start" the network.

Yes, there is try:

/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 start

> In other words, when does my eth0 actually "take on" the new IP address?

After "ifconfig" has run.

> (Or am I talking gibberish?)

I don't think so.
If your box is a DHCP client the "dhcpcd" will set stuff up though.

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> Do I have to re-boot to get this to take effect or is there a less drastic way
> to "re-start" the network.

There's a much less drastic way. In fact, there's several.

man ifconfig

Just setup that nic the way you want it. And then,

man route

Setup the route properly. This assumes you want to do this manually.
You may have luck just running /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1, though I don't
reccommend that. Your other option is to change to runlevel 1, then
back to whatever runlevel you want (typically 3 or 4).

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A-B C. <atakeoutcanton@adams-blaketakeout.com> wrote:
> I was told by Thomas to make edit the rc.inet1.conf file, puttting in an IP
> addr, etc.

For eth0 or eth1 ?

> Do I have to re-boot to get this to take effect or is there a less drastic way
> to "re-start" the network. In other words, when does my eth0 actually "take
> on" the new IP address? (Or am I talking gibberish?)

The /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 _script_ uses the parameters of that .conf file,
it is normally run at bootup, but you can run it by hand too.
When eth0 is already UP, you may have to take it down first:
ifconfig eth0 down
and then
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1
will bring all configured (in the .conf file) interfaces up.

PS: the script CAN bring the network down too, by adding the parameter "stop"
to it, this doesn't always work, though.

The parameter "start" which other people gave you, CAN be added, but it
currently is the default too, so it is not needed (yet?).
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