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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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Linux ifconfig command ip address , subnet mask permanent
I would like to change my ip address and subnet mask with the following command:
ifconfig eth1 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
and
route add default gw 192.168.1.1
when I reboot my linux it's ...
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No route to host in different subnet
My new employer has two subnets, x.y.74.* (with default gateway x.y.74.33) and x.y.75.* (with default gateway x.y.75.1).
The .75.* subnet is reserved for servers, i.e. machines that offer services to ...
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Server reverts to DHCP from time to time
I have an Ubuntu 10.04 server with static IP address configuration:
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
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With CentOS 6 and LXC, “ifconfig” is unable to see network interface (but busybox “ifconfig” works fine)
I've just started working with LXC under CentOS 6 (via the libvirt adapter). If I create an LXC container, I'm unable to see any network interfaces when using the native system tools:
# ifconfig -a
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ask about “teql0” from ifconfig in linux
I have an embedded target device with cross-compilation development settings (ELDK). I happened to use ifconfig to see the ethernet interfaces on the embedded OS. Besides, the eth/lo interfaces, I see ...
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interface id for ethernet card
My PC (CentOS)has one ethernet card 1, linked to the internal company network for internet surfing etc., and another ethernet card 2, linked with an embedded device for programming.
Each time, when ...
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Problem configuring Network aliases
Struggling a bit trying to work this out. I'm on a Centos 5.5 VPS with multiple IP addresses.
I've setup the IP address alias for eth0 (eth0, eth0:1, eth0:2, eth0:3, eth0:4, eth0:5),
each with a ...
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different MTU sizes for bond aliases
I have a bond interface but I want to change the MTU to 1500 only for bond9:22
Is this possible?
bond9:22 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0E:0C:E4:BE:F9
inet addr:10.7.18.58 ...
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getting multicast on a virtual interface on linux
I create a virtual network interface with:
ifconfig eth0:1 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
but when I ping the multicast address:
ping 224.0.0.1
my virtual interface does not respond.
Why?
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Reported bandwidth usage differs between iproute2 and ifconfig
My group has a server set up to image our workstations using FOG. I was a bit curious to see how much bandwidth we were using. When I run ifconfig eth0, the TX/RX lines read
RX packets:166949376 ...
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RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument
When my system boots up it shows the following message.
Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ]
Bringing up interface eth0: RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument
[ OK ]
Bringing up interface eth1: ...
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Dropped packets in Linux
I'am using a machine as a router, it works sort of fine, however if I do a ping -t whatever.server it will always cause a 3-4% package loss, no matter what server. Looking at ifconfig or netstat -i ...
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Exact meaning of RX 'errors' and 'frame' in ifconfig output?
I'm seeing network problems with a (RHEL) node (packets dropped), which also seem to manifest themselves by a non-zero count of the 'error' and 'frame' fields in ifconfig output:
eth2 Link ...
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Ifconfig Alias Address Assigned by DHCP
I would like to create several aliases to eth0, but have the addresses assigned by DHCP instead of being set to static IP's. Is this even possible?
All the examples I've seen assign a static IP ...
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Routing data through VPN in linux
I think its a silly question but still here it goes..
Terminal Output:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1c:c0:37:5e:25
inet addr:10.100.98.51 Bcast:10.100.98.255 ...
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ifconfig dirties inode on proc (Linux)
I'm currently checking HD access with the following
echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/block_dump
tail -f /tmp/syslog
and this log message pops up once in a while:
Aug 31 22:44:18 Frasse kernel: [ ...
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3answers
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Can't get an IP address
I'm running Ubuntu 9.04.
I have an onboard network card. The computer usually boots perfectly, but today, I don't have an IP address. The light is on, on the network card as well as the switch. Other ...
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Correct way of bringing network interface down in linux
For example:
$ ifconfig dummy0 up
$ ifconfig dummy0 "192.168.1.190 netmask 255.255.255.0"
Calling ifconfig with no parameters shows the interface
dummy0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr ...
