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Hello there,

I made some change in the file /etc/network/interfaces and now i want to apply these change to the interface.

in few word before it was:

Code:

iface eth0 inet dhcp

and i change it to:

Code:

iface eth0 inet static

  address 192.168.123.160

  netmask 255.255.255.0

  network 192.168.123.0

  broadcast 192.168.123.255

  gateway 192.168.123.254

I was just wondering how can i apply these changes to the interface with out rebooting.
i've allready try

Code:

ifdown eth0

ifup eth0

but the interface keep it old ip address from the dhcp.

any idea? is there any other file to edit?

Thanks