[BlueOnyx:26537] Re: Network settings changing.

[Ken Marcus]

Generally when I first set up a server I set the network settings, then it
changes the IP to the 10.x.x.x  for some reason, then I reset it and it
stays.

Ken Marcus
Precision Web Hosting, LLC


On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 4:03 PM Fungal Style via Blueonyx <
blueonyx at mail.blueonyx.it> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>
>
> Not sure if this has been questioned before, but had an issue earlier
> today where I had to restart a server and although the server had been
> running for a long time with a static IPv4 address, it seems it discovered
> a rogue DHCP server and decided it would use the IP address from DHCP
> instead. When trying to change the IP address it was a little weird as the
> settings would not stick as it kept reverting to the DHCP server assigned
> IP address.
>
> Let me provide the steps I did and what was observed (as best as I can
> recall).
>
>    - Server was not responding, did a ping to the server name and it
>    resulted in a 10.x.x.x IP address (non routable, so not good for a
>    production server that is supposed to be internet facing)
>    - Ran the ./networksettings script, I noticed the 10.x.x.x IP address
>    when I said to set the IPv4 settings, along with all the other details as
>    per the DHCP server
>    - In desperation I created a second ethernet device (it is a VM) and
>    tried to set it using the ./net… script to no avail – this is probably not
>    important but added just in case.
>    - When attempting to set the IP address via the ./network… script the
>    subnet kept being a little weird, like making it 255.0.0.0, again this may
>    not be important as it could have been part of the hangover from the DHCP
>    and I am not sure exactly which order I tested this
>    - Once the DHCP server was disabled I was eventually able to set the
>    IP address correctly and have it remain.
>
> I suppose the question is does Blueonyx have DHCP enabled even when you
> set the IP address via the network setting script? It would appear so and
> is this by design?
>
>
>
> The server is running 5210R
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Brian
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