linux question

[navin]

Hi One of my workstation needs to move location. It uses dhcp - in the new location also it is going to use dhcp - other than getting the dhcp drop what else needs to be done on the OS(SUse Linux 10) side.
Appreciate it

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

Shalom,

Just move it.

It will get a new DHCP lease at the new location if it is talking to a different DHCP server.

SEP

[navin]

thanks

[Horia Chirculescu]

Hello, Navin.

The leases are stored at the server side, meaning the list with the allocated IP addresses are kept in the DHCP server.

If you move to another DHCP-enabled network, your workstation would issue a request to the new DHCP server that will allocate a new IP address.

Horia

[navin]

hi ,

it seems the new ip is issued and from dns we are able to see this box tied to the new ip...

but when we do ping localhostname it is pinging 127.0.0 only and server is not in network....what needs to be done..on a linux box

if pc is hooked on this same network drop it picks up and in network..with out any issues.

pls advice
much appreciated

[Viktor Balogh]

>but when we do ping localhostname it is pinging 127.0.0 only and server is not in network....what needs to be done..on a linux box

Did you try to ping its new IP? Do the other machines pinging from that new subnet? Maybe you're behind a firewall and icmp isn't allowed to pass trough.

[J. Maestre]

>but when we do ping localhostname it is pinging 127.0.0 only

Names will always resolve on /etc/hosts first, and you'll have your local hostname there with a 127.0.x.x IP.

Is the interface properly configured? Do a ifconfig and verify that it actually has the expected IP.

[navin]

even if it is a dhcp ip ..should i configure IP manually ...how do i do it.

thanks

[Viktor Balogh]

>should i configure IP manually ... how do i do it

In /etc/rc.config.d/netconf there is a section like this for every interface you have on your system:

INTERFACE_NAME[0]="lan0"
IP_ADDRESS[0]="192.168.1.1"
SUBNET_MASK[0]="0xffffff00"
BROADCAST_ADDRESS[0]="192.168.1.255"
INTERFACE_STATE[0]=""
DHCP_ENABLE[0]=0

If you set the last line to 1, you don't need to set the settings above, just leave'em empty.

[Patrick Wallek]

Viktor,

Your answer is fine for HP-UX, but this is SuSE Linux 10 and there is no /etc/rc.config.d directory.