IP ADDRESS CHANGE

[Jeff Hagstrom]

How do you change the IP address of a HPK460?

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Jeff:

One easy way is to run:

# /sbin/set_parms ip_address

...JRF...

[Juan González]

Hi Jeff,
if you don't want to reboot you can do the follow:
1. Get your net-interface with lanscan.
2. Set the ip address of this interface with ifconfig. For example:
#ifconfig lan0 192.168.1.1
3.Modify /etc/rc.config.d/netconf changing the old IP address with the new.
4. Change in /etc/hosts the old IP for the new IP.

Best regards
Juan Gonzalez

[Vincenzo Restuccia]

1. set_parms (reboot yes)
2. /etc/rc.config.d/netconf,/etc/hosts the old IP for the new IP,/sbin/init.d/net stop|start and restart swagentd (no reboot).

[MANOJ SRIVASTAVA]

Hi Jeff

One more way , try doing it using SAM it also ensures taht all the respective files get updated.

Manoj Srivastava

[eran maor]

Hi

change the /etc/rc.config.d/netconf with the new ip adress .

also change the /etc/host or the nis if you are working with nis.

you can change the ip with set_params .

my advise is to run /sbin/init.d/net stop
/sbin/init.d/net start

but my advise is to do reboot because i dont knowwith applic you have install

[RAJESH GANGADHARAN]

edit the file /etc/rc.config.d/netconf
and change the IP Address
edit /etc/hosts and change th IP

reboot the machine

[Hamdy Al-Sebaey]

Hi Jeff,
similar to James & Vincezo, but be careful if you have some applications(Tuxedo,staffware or uniface) which listen to the IP adress& the node name or not before you the change it,if it is so then I'll go with the opion of James just reboot your server.

Goodluck,
Hamdy

[Shannon Petry]

DO NOT USE SAM! as someone mentioned to change a hostname. It does not change all of the required files, and after a bounce, you'll be dead in the water.

Also, I saw your other post for the IP address change, which is identical to this. Edit the /etc/rc.config.d/netconf, and modify the IP, Netmask, and broadcast address if it is defined in that file. Then modify /etc/hosts to reflect the change. Best bet is to reboot as opposed to running /sbin/init.d/net stop
/sbin/init.d/net start
See below...

As others said, modify the HOSTNAME variable defined in "/etc/rc.config.d/netconf", then change /etc/hosts to reflect the change. Dont do this in the other order, as you could hose your X desktop!

Rebooting is the safest, as there are many sub-applications that will require updates for the system to function properly. These are not updated nor restarted by running the "net" boot script. X is a great example, but anything that creates/uses a socket based on the hostname or IP address can be affected.

Regards,
Shannon

[jedd]

we are in the process of changing our whole network. it seems like /sbin/set_parms ip_address only changes ip. if i need to change the whole shbang incl. gateway, dns pointers and subnet mask. is there any way to do it? i tried sam but can't find anything else other than changing the ip and subnet.
thanks for the help.