[BlueOnyx:11343] Re: IP Issues

[Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet]

Matt James wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> We've got a peculiar problem related to the IP on our server.  All of our sites are set up with the correct IP.  Let's call it A.A.A.A.  Unfortunately, the IP for the machine (as seen in the TCP/IP Settings in Blue Onyx) is set to B.B.B.B.
> 
> Normally, we'd just switch out the IP in TCP/IP settings to be A.A.A.A, but unfortunately, this IP is set as Primary Interface Alias 0 on the Interface Aliases tab.
> 
> If we try to set the IP to A.A.A.A, Blue Onyx won't save the value (likely because it's taken by the alias).
> 
> If we try to remove the alias before setting it to the primary IP, Blue Onyx won't let us because all the sites are owned by A.A.A.A.
> 

We've also seen this behavior on standalone BlueOnyx boxes, especially 
5106R.  I cannot confirm on others because I haven't tried.   I would 
regard it as a bug.

Your workaround seems legit, but I don't know that you need to use 
single user.

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