How can I know my IP address?

[Antoniov.]

Hello world!
I'm newbie in HP-UX and I have a lof of questions about this os.
First question.
I have a HP RX2600 with Itanium.
I have to set ip address but I'm not able. I know there is ifconfig command but I don't understand how this work.

How can I know my IP address?
How can I set new IP address?
Thank In Advance.

Antonio Vigliotti

[Pete Randall]

Try ifconfig lan0. Do a man on ifconfig. It can also be used to set your IP address.


Pete

[Antoniov.]

Pete,
thank you but id doesn't work.
Reading man I've seen netstat -i. It answer lan1 and my ip address.
Is it right?
Now how can set new IP address?

Antonio Vigliotti

[Stephen Keane]

ifconfig lan1 inet new_ip_addr

Or something like that (asuming you are using IPv4)

[Fred Ruffet]

Do you want to change lan1's current IP, or configure other virtual interfaces ?

Regards,

Fred

[Pete Randall]

Ok, it's probably not lan0 then. Run lanscan to determine the name of your interface. It sounds like you're using lan1, so the command would be "ifconfig lan1".


Pete

[Peter Godron]

Antonio,
once you know the ip-address etc.
if you wish to repeat the part of the installation for setting networks etc.
/sbin/set_parms

then select one of the options:
example:
/sbin/set_parms ip_address

Regards

[Antoniov.]

Stephen,
I type ifconfig lan1 x.x.x.17 and after of this when I type ifconfig lan1 it shows my new ip address. Does still remain after reboot?

Fred,
I'm newbie here! I need simple configuration.

Pete,
lanscan doesn't exist!

Peter,
now I try it.

Anotonio Vigliotti

[Antoniov.]

Ok,
ping to another address now works fine!
Ping from another host find this server.
It appears to work fine.
Now reboot.

Antonio Vigliotti

[Fred Ruffet]

Question was to know wether you want to change current IP or give your machine a secondary IP.

If you only want to change IP of lan1, ifconfig will change it for current system. To change it beyond reboots, you have to change /etc/rc.config.d/netconf.

Regards,

Fred

[Stephen Keane]

It's /usr/sbin/lanscan, but that shows your hardware (MAC) address, not your IP address.

[Pete Randall]

For the new setting to remain after reboot, you would need to change it in /etc/rc.config.d/netconf. Scan down to the section that begins "INTERFACE_NAME[0]=lan1" and change the next line to the new IP address. Better yet, to make sure that all the necessary places are changed, run "/sbin/set_parms ip_address".


Pete

[Antoniov.]

cry!cry!cry! :-(
After reboot I see old ip address.

Antonio Vigliotti

[Fred Ruffet]

Have a look at my last post :)
edit /etc/rc.config.d/netconf

Regards,

Fred

[Stephen Keane]

If you want a permanent change, do what Fred/Pete have been trying to tell you.

[Antoniov.]

/sbin/set_parms ip_address ask me the ip_address then reboot system; after reboot host has still old ip_address :-(

Now I try change manually /etc/rc.config.d/netconf ...
(I hope remember how work vi)

Antonio Vigliotti

[Devesh Pant_1]

After making the changes to /etc/rc.config.d/netconf

stop and start the /sbin/init.d/net
by giving the command
/sbin/init.d/net stop
and then
/sbin/init.d/start
that should do it

I hope you have already identified the lan card from the ioscan -funC lan output and have plugged in the cables to the right device.

[Antoniov.]

... and now I understand!
netconf is read only. I can't change with vi!
I guess I have to change with chmod ..

Antonio Vigliotti

[Antoniov.]

After set read & write I could modify netconf file.
Fred, you are the 1.st told me about this file. Please post again, you merit the bunny!

Antonio Vigliotti

[Antoniov.]

Thank to allbodies :-)

I have some other questions to write next days.

Antonio Vigliotti