ifconfig problem in KNOPPIX 3.8.1

[johnnybhoy67]

Hi All,

I have a problem trying to set up my eth0 with ifconfig command as follows:

ifconfig -a eth0 add xxx.xxx.xx.xxx netmask 255.255.255.0

Coming back with error message "SIOCSIFNETMASK: Cannot assign requested address"

If I try to set it up with command:

ifconfig eth0 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/24

I get a new error message.

"192.168.12.112/24 Host Name Lookup Failure"

Ideas?

J
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[angor]

The man page for ifconfig says that "add" is used to add an IPv6 address to an interface, but you obviously want IPv4.

Try this (as root):
<code>
ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255
</code>

or use the Koppix-menu to configure an ethernet card.

[johnnybhoy67]

Thanks angor....that done it.

J