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IP Config resets to default settings in Linux every night
I have a linux server (centos 5) which for the past 2-3 weeks has been resetting it's ip config information to a local ip (192.168.x.x). In /etc/network/interfaces I have:
auto lo
iface lo inet ...
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What does `ec` mean in `HWaddr ec`? [closed]
When I do ifconfig on my laptop I get HWaddr ec and than an address, this is next to eth0. Note that my IPv4 address only appears next to eth1 so I assume my laptop uses the eth1 network interface.
I ...
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Server answers only on one IP. Why?
ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:25:90:60:1B:FC
inet addr:10.0.47.42 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.255.255.248
inet6 addr: fe80::225:90ff:fe60:1bfc/64 ...
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Change the order of IP addresses returned by ifconfig?
I have an Ubuntu server with several IP addresses attached to it. 127.0.0.1 is listed as venet0 by ifconfig. I'm using Chef to configure the server. The problem is that chef is listing 127.0.0.1 as ...
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What does ifconfig promisc mode do, or promiscuous mode in general?
This is what man ifconfig has to say about it.
[-]promisc
Enable or disable the promiscuous mode of the interface. If
selected, all packets on the network
will be received by the ...
