How to change network address ?

Reindl Harald h.reindl at thelounge.net
Sun Apr 1 14:58:45 UTC 2012



Am 01.04.2012 16:53, schrieb jdow:
> On 2012/04/01 07:42, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
>> On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 15:56:01 -0500,
>> Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>> To make ifconfig obsolete is really weird. It sounds to me that
>>> developers of Fedora have to much time on their hands. Next I expect
>>> they will change the name of vi. Oh, I forgot it is now vim. Where is Ed
>>> Joy when we need him? [He was the creator of vi, in the very beginning.]
>>
>> ifconfig has been obsolete for a long time (in the sense that ip does
>> more stuff, not in the packaging sense).
> 
> Obsolete or not, I have macros built into my fingers that type out things
> like "ifconfig eth0" when I am fishing for answers. Otherwise I hand edit
> ifcfg-eth0 or its kith and kin. The GUI tool disappoints me when I try to
> use it.

+1

999 out of 1000 cases dealing with networks can be done with
ifconfig and classical network service and will hopefully
be possible this way the next 20 years for static configured
machines

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