HELP - eth1 changing ip addr back to older addr

Moriah

I have a machine with several ethernet devices. Due to some equipment changes, I am having to reconfigure some ip addresses.
On the effected machine, eth1 used to be 192.168.0.3, but I now need to change that to 192.168.4.3.
When I issue the command:

bbgermany · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 8:13 am Post subject:

Hi,

are you running something like NetworkManager on this machine? Maybe it helps setting the IP in /etc/conf.d/net for the particular device and restart the device afterwards.

greets, bb
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snkmoorthy · Guru Joined: 19 Nov 2002 Posts: 376

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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 10:09 am Post subject:

Moriah,

I guess you have dhcp handing out the old address every time the lease expires.
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Moriah · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 12:49 pm Post subject:

Thanks neddy and snkmoorthy. I must have been half asleep not to have realized this. DUH!
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