[PLUG] Resetting hostname and IP address

Charles Sliger chaz at bctonline.com
Fri Jun 25 09:21:01 UTC 2004


Rich,
You don't have to alter you system name, just its IP address.
Use ifconfig (InterFace Config) to set a new IP address for the Ethernet
interface.
-chaz


> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org [mailto:plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org]
> On Behalf Of Rich Shepard
> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 9:09 AM
> To: plug at lists.pdxlinux.org
> Subject: [PLUG] Resetting hostname and IP address
> 
>   My WiFi access point problems were confirmed to be a bad WAP. Linksys
> sent
> the replacement and I need to access the admin page to configure it.
> However, I cannot connect to 192.168.1.1 from my notebook when its IP
> address is on a different subnet (192.168.55.3).
> 
>   I thought I knew how to (temporarily) change the static IP address and
> hostname on my notebook. Apparently I don't. First, I tried 'hostname' to
> set a new name for the unit, then I added the hostname and IP address to
> /etc/hosts and /etc/hosts.equiv. But, when I rebooted the hostname and IP
> address had not changed.
> 
>   All I want to do is access the WAP to change its IP address and set up
> some security. Please pass me a pointer to what I've missed here. (This is
> another example of memory leak that happens when one is not a full time
> network admin.)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rich
> 
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> Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President
> Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM)
> <http://www.appl-ecosys.com>
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