I should have realized that. Silly me! Thanks Enrique! :-)~MIKE~(-: On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 2:48 PM, wrote: > 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 >