Re: Changing IP address

[Doug Thistlethwaite <doug.t@deltanet.com>]

Well,

I have now have the linux system working on my network.  I ended up changing the network
broadcast, and netmask to (XXX.XXX.XXX.0, XXX.XXX.XXX.255, and 255.255.255.0
respectively).  I do not know why I had to do this as my network mask was far more
restrictive 255.255.255.248 with my last ISP.  I guess I need to do a little more studying
on what each of these parameters do.

I do still have a few behavior problems (my network that is :) !

1. My windows 95 system can not see my linux samba server in network neighborhood (it use
to see it fine).  I can type in the link by hand \\linuxsystemid\username to create the
link.  Does anybody know if there is a parameter in samba that relates to system IP
addresses?

2. My router logs into the internet every time my windoze 95 system powers up and connects
to the samba servers.  I think this has to do with the netmask...

Thanks to everyone who has helped!

Doug

Doug Thistlethwaite wrote:

> I am using a 2.036 kernel I believe.
>
> One thing to note is this system was working perfectly on the network before I was
> forced to change my IP addresses.  All I want to do is setup the new IP addresses in
> the system.  I would think the only thing I would need to do is set the correct IP and
> netmasks.
>
> Doug
>
> George Bonser wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 30 May 1999, Doug Thistlethwaite wrote:
> >
> > > So far I have had a couple of people help and this is what we have come up with.
> > >
> > > To change the IP address of a system the following files need to be modified.
> > >
> > > ifconfig eth0 ${IPADDR} netmask ${NETMASK} broadcast ${BROADCAST}
> > >
> > > executes without any errors.
> > >
> > > route add -net ${NETWORK}
> > >
> > > executes and gives the error SIOCADDR: invalid argument
> >
> > Yeah, if you are using a 2.2.x kernel, comment this line out, the network
> > route is auto-added when you ifconfig the interface.
> >
> > George Bonser
> >
> > Welcome to Wit's End
>
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