Change IP address in Linux

Change IP address in Linux

Solution 1:

You can change ip address using ifconfig command itself. To set IP address 192.168.15.50, enter command:

# ifconfig eth0 192.168.15.50 netmask 255.255.255.0 up

# ifconfig eth0

Solution 2:

Make changes in following files

/etc/sysconfig/network

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

/etc/hosts

/etc/init.d/network restart

Solution 3:

Open the terminal with root user and type setup, in the setup go to the Network Configuration and insert the IP address accordingly.later on execute/etc/init.d/network restart