Change ip address -

[Robert Nichols]

On 10/05/2015 03:12 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> On 10/05/15 15:50, Rick Stevens wrote:
>>>
>>> The instruction says the reset device is now 1.1.1.1
>>>
>>> I need to access it at that address in order to configure it.
>>
>> To change the config on F22 via the NM GUI, just right click on the
>> icon, select "Edit connections", select the connection you want to
>> change, click "Edit".
>>
>> In the next screen, click on "IPv4 Settings" and change your configs
>> the way you want them to be (e.g. click the dropdown on "Method" and
>> select "Manual", then in "Addresses", select the existing config and
>> click "Delete", then click "Add" and fill in the blanks).
>>
>> If you want this to just be temporary, you could (as root):
>>
>> ifconfig <name-of-network-device> 1.1.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0
>>
>> That would set the IP address of the NIC to 1.1.1.2/24 and you could
>> configure the device. Then right-click on the NM GUI icon, disable and
>> then re-enable networking to revert back to the old settings.
>>
>> Yeah, sort of clunky, but should do the job.
> .
>
> I edited /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-enp0s25 as Jack Craig
> suggested and then I was able to make the changes in the NM GUI, dunno
> why it wouldn't work before. Perhaps a typo, I'm a lousy typist.
>
> Anyway I have the configuration screen up on another computer so I'm off
> to fix things the way I want them.

All you needed to do was add a routing table entry to direct packets for
1.1.1.1 out the appropriate interface. No need to mess up the rest of
your networking.

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