On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Chris Purcell wrote: > > I'd like to assign a static secondary address to the NIC card. I'm not > > running X server and have used netconfig but it's been unreliable, i.e. > > cloned interface was not coming up on reboot. > > > > So what's the best way to assign (remotely, through SSH using Putty) > > second IP address to an RH9 box? > > > Edit the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 file. To make the > changes happen immediately, either restart the network service ("service > network restart"), or run "ifconfig eth1 192.168.1.1 netmask > 255.255.255.0". That's fine if he wants to change the primary IP address...he specifically wants to set a secondary address, though. -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 To be notified of updates to the web site, visit http://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update, or send a message to: site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a message of: subscribe -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list