Ifconfig not saving

[greggap]

Hi All,

I am trying to change the IP on my host and it changes it when I do

the command but when I reboot it shows the old IP. What am I doing wrong?

I am using this command.

ifconfig vswif0 10.188.34.121 netmask 255.255.255.128

Thanks,

Greg

[oreeh]

Use the VC client or the corresponding esxcfg- commands instead.

[greggap]

How would I do that, I only have access to the console currently..

[oreeh]

esxcfg-vswif modifies the console connecton (esxcfg-vswif -h gives you the details)

[greggap]

Still no luck

I tried

esxcfg -vswif0 -i IPADDRESS -n NETMASK vswif0

I also tried editing the etc/hosts file and that didn't help either..

[oreeh]

delete the old vswif first then add a new one or disable it and enable it afterwards

[greggap]

I have access to the VI client now and I can change the SC IP but not the gateway..

[oreeh · Accepted solution]

Are you on the same subnet?

If yes change the IP, save then change the gateway.