How to change server main or primary IP address?

Posted on the August 28th, 2008 under Server Admin Tips by Stephen

To change the main or primary server IP in CentOS => as root => edit the IP information in the following files and reboot server:

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

If you have any question, please drop me a note and I will help.

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2 Responses to 'How to change server main or primary IP address?'

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  1. January 12, 2010 at 9:12 am
    Alaa Hasan

    Dear Sir
    i have network in my internet cafe some games does’t work because somebody banned from server in the game
    how can i change the maip ip address i tried to change ip address from pc and i did it bur the problem doesn’t solve please help meeeeeee
    i have one server and 10 pcs
    it’s lan with router and switch
    pleaseeeeeeeeeeee

  2. January 12, 2010 at 9:49 am
    Stephen

    Hi Alaa,

    If you changed the server IP but that didn’t help them maybe the problem is something else, maybe not IP related…

    Or maybe your router IP got blocked as well.

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