I need to set my IP to stay what it is listed below.

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root@carlos:/# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:61:58A:5D
inet addr:192.168.1.101 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::204:61ff:fe58:da5d/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:16323 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:12252 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:15152065 (14.4 Mb) TX bytes:1941797 (1.8 Mb)
Interrupt:5

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:34 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:34 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2180 (2.1 Kb) TX bytes:2180 (2.1 Kb)

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As you can see my dynamic (local) IP is 192.168.1.101 & I need to make sure that this remains reguardless how many reboots are done and no matter what happens. Is there a way to set this via CLI?

Thanks for any info!

for slack try editing this file

/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf


regards

if you're running redhat, set the address statically with the redhat-config-network tool.

If you're running SUSE, use the yast tool and set it static.

If you're running some other version of Linux, try the netconfig tool.

Failing that, look on Google, such as: "How to set static IP in DistroX"

So, what distro are you running?

Ross

the command is...

ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.101
route add default gw <gateway ip address>

if you do not know the gateway address run route while it's setup..




/sbin/route -n |grep UG
0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0


route add default gw 192.168.0.1


If your switching from dhcp to static also be sure to set the DNS servers in /etc/resolv.conf

Maybe this link might help:
http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2005/0...p-address.html

Ravi

as the thread starter asked that he does not want that the ip address should change even after reboot
won't this method that u have given require the user to again run this command afer reboot

regards

Yes it will.

It's just that they said CLI which is what that demonstrates.

For it to stay the configuration is surely going to need to be added to startup scripts.


I guess the thread title does not really fit with the question asks.

"I guess the thread title does not really fit with the question asks."

yes i agree on this

while setting ip through CLI, ifconfig works in all cases no matter what the OS is

regards

Just for completeness, what masand said is correct, and to not have to type those commands every time you boot -- the ones that DavidPhillips started with -- they would, for most distros!, go at the end of /etc/rc.d/rc.local. It might, however, make sense to learn just enough of the specifics of *your* distro(s)' startup files to be able to put it earlier in the sequence.

Note, one of my personal peeves with MonopleSoft is that they start the NIC and networking before pretty much anything else, leaving a time-Window for malware to sneak in. Thus I like to set my NICs to NOT start on startup, and have rc.local finally bring them up after all else, including FW & AV !!!, has started & stabliized. Just a thought... YMMV.

robert.

Yes, that is important.

One way is to set policies that disable all traffic, bring up the interface, and finally set the rules and then change the policies.