Assuming Debian, no GUI and a single interface: as root: ifdown eth0 ifup eth0 Both are shell scripts. ET Michael Havens writes: > I restarted it again and it ip addr show said it didn't have an ip address. > I then restarted it again and it gave me the desired IP. How strange! How > do I I refresh the ip address so I do not need to reboot the computer if > this happens again? I would think it might be 'ip addr renew' or something > like that but the man page for 'ip' doesn't indicate that. > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 1:22 PM, wrote: > >> Mike, 169.254.0.0/16 is telling you: >> I can't get any other IP addrss. >> 169.254.0.0/16 is a special network, look at it at the WEB. >> Check your link and your DHCO server. >> ET >> >> Michael Havens writes: >> >>> I am all done with the linux from scratch base install but before I go on >>> to beyond linux from scratch the recomendation is to install some >>> programs >>> first. (lynx, gpm, sudo, openssl, openssh, wget, and parted) >>> I installed lynx with no problems. Then, after unpacking gpm, and after I >>> cd into the gpm directory, the terminal froze. I couldn't nor >>> <^C>. >>> I shut the terminal down and then started another one and now I can't ssh >>> into the lfs box. I then just restarted the lfs box and then ran 'ip addr >>> show' and it says the ip address isn't what it was. It was 192.168.0.14 >>> but >>> now it is 169.254.11.37/16 . >>> Two questions, >>> Why did it change from one private address to another and in another >>> subnet? >>> I'm thinking I'm going to need to start over from the beginning; is that >>> so? >>> Well, I guess three questions: >>> How could I ssh into this network or else reassign the ip to something in >>> the 192.168.x.y range >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss