This may sound stupid, but did you do an

ifconfig hme0 up

after you brought it down, and made the changes?


Your info below dosn't show that you did.


Mike Starke wrote:

> Hope this isn't too off topic (it is a *nix).
>
> I have just aquired a Sun Ultra Sparc that I need the readers
> digest version on how to get the ethernet interface settings
> changed.
>
> My linux knowledge is only carrying me so far :-(
>
> I have issued the command:
> ifconfig hme0 down <- it dropped the current interface
> I then tried:
> ifconfig hme0 192.168.4.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.4.255
> ifconfig hme0
> It appears as if the settings I added worked.
>
> I then tried:
> route add default gw 192.168.4.1
> It did not like that or any combination of the above line.
>
> I then telnet'd to my ISP to fire up Pine and ask you
> fine folks what to do.
>
> I am sure I can dig around, do some grepping and find
> the files (possibly under /etc/inet/ ?) to edit the files
> and reboot.  Which I will eventually have to do. I also
> would like to know the ifconfig and route commands to throw at
> it on the fly.
>
> I am logged in as root on a serial terminal and my
> vi <filename> pulls up many files as read-only
> (i.e. inetd.conf, hosts, etc) Is it normal to have
> 444 as the perms on the file? Should I just toggle
> over to chmod 644 <filename>, make the edits, then
> chmod 444 <filename>?
>
> Many questions I have, Hope this is not off topic to prohibit
> me from geting help.
>
> Mike
> mgcon@getnet.com
> http://www.getnet.com/~mgcon
> Phoenix, AZ
> USA
>
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