Ubuntu
network-manager package

changing ip needs restart

Bug #148928 reported by mo0n_sniper
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network-manager (Ubuntu)
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Undecided
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: network-manager

This has happend to me and my frient on two different networks and on two different laptops:after you change the ip you have to restart the system in order for the ip to change.

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

how do you change the IP

Changed in network-manager:
status: New → Incomplete
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mo0n_sniper (bl4ck-3yed) wrote :

double click on network manager -> wired network ->static ip -> close ............->restart :)

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

i don't have a static ip entry there.

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Andrew Fenn (andrewfenn) wrote :

Type "sudo ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1"

eth0 is your network device. If you want to change your WiFI ip sometimes it's eth1

Try this and report back if you still need to restart your system. :)

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Iulian Udrea (iulian) wrote :

I'm closing this report. Please reopen it if you still have this issue with latest Ubuntu release. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks

Changed in network-manager:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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