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 >