[Mageia-discuss] Temporarily changing IP address

Mon May 21 17:05:19 CEST 2012

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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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