Question

How can I change TWiki Virtual Machine IP Address?

The Virtual machine has taken an IP address of another machine on my home network - I have tried the following command to try and force the IP address to change:

ifconfig inet address 192.168.x.x

I need to change the IP address of the Twiki VM - can anyone help please?

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-- MikeLane - 09 Feb 2007

Answer

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See this and this - it may be that you are running into the return from hibernate problem. The first link is about how to convert from DHCP to Static, which would require you to allocate a static IP address for your TWiki VM, and possibly configure your home DHCP server to not allocate that address (i.e. reduce its range of IP addresses perhaps). A static address is best if you need to access the TWiki VM from another PC.

Also, if you are running TWiki VM in NAT mode, as recommended, you will never run into this problem of clashing IP addresses. If your TWiki VM is only for personal use on a desktop/laptop that's the way to go. If not, the above links are relevant.

It's worth linking to this question from TWikiVMComments as that is likely to be noticed by people who use TWiki VM and don't scan for Support questions.

Good luck!

-- RichardDonkin - 10 Feb 2007