Re: switching to DHCP in a clean manner ...

2008-02-24 Thread Glenn Becker
My quick anxiety-reliever in these situations is always grep. Something like grep -rn 12.34.56.789 /etc/* using your old IP will find orphaned mentions. Thanks :^) +-+ Glenn Becker - [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://s

Re: switching to DHCP in a clean manner ...

2008-02-24 Thread Glenn Becker
Probably the best thing to do is edit /etc/network/interfaces to reflect your new network settings. You will probably want to have something like this: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp where eth0 is your network device, if you have one that has static in the line, comment that out and any oth

Re: switching to DHCP in a clean manner ...

2008-02-24 Thread Jeff D
Glenn Becker wrote: Hi all - I just moved from the NY metro area to the Boston metro area, and in the process changed ISPs. My service is now significantly faster and cheaper, but my account now assigns IPs dynamically -- previously, I'd had a static IP. I have the /option/ with the new pr

Re: switching to DHCP in a clean manner ...

2008-02-24 Thread Richard Lyons
On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 10:04:38PM +, Glenn Becker wrote: > > Hi all - > > I just moved from the NY metro area to the Boston metro area, and in the > process changed ISPs. My service is now significantly faster and cheaper, > but my account now assigns IPs dynamically -- previously, I'd ha