From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 12 6: 5:27 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from buffnet4.buffnet.net (buffnet4.buffnet.net [205.246.19.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDEB414DB5 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 1999 06:05:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from shovey@buffnet.net) Received: from buffnet11.buffnet.net (buffnet11.buffnet.net [205.246.19.55]) by buffnet4.buffnet.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA28541; Fri, 12 Nov 1999 09:05:18 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from shovey@buffnet.net) Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 09:05:18 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Hovey To: Marc Wandschneider Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Re: Changing a Machine's IP address? In-Reply-To: <13D5F9EDFD72D211BC3100105A1C22330549C6@akira.lanfear.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Yup its that easy - although I have found in certain circumstances (usually when there are a bunch of ip aliases in there too) that I have to clear arp-cache on my router. Not often, but sometimes. On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Marc Wandschneider wrote: > > > Blaugh! > > I want to change the IP address of my machine. Is it as simple > as changing /etc/rc.conf and rebooting? the machine name (but not > domain) would also change in said file as well. > > can it really be that easy (as opposed to linux, where I still > can't get a straight answer on this ...) > > Thanks! > > marc. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message