Ipaddress, Name, Synopsis – Comtrol eCos User Manual

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ip_address

Name

ip_address

— Set IP addresses

Synopsis

ip_address [-l

local_IP_address

] [-h

server_IP_address

] [-d

DNS_server_IP_address

]

Arguments

Name

Type

Description

Default

-l

local_IP_address

Numeric IP or DNS name

The IP address RedBoot
should use.

none

-h

server_IP_address

Numeric IP or DNS name

The IP address of the
default server. Use of this
address is implied by other
commands, such as load.

none

-d

DNS_server_IP_address

Numeric IP or DNS name

The IP address of the DNS
server.

none

Description

The ip_address command is used to show and/or change the basic IP addresses used by RedBoot. IP addresses
may be given as numeric values, e.g. 192.168.1.67, or as symbolic names such as www.redhat.com if DNS support
is enabled.

The

-l

option is used to set the IP address used by the target device.

The

-h

option is used to set the default server address, such as is used by the load command.

The

-d

option is used to set the default DNS server address which is used for resolving symbolic network addresses.

Note that an address of 0.0.0.0 will disable DNS lookups.

Examples

Display the current network settings.

RedBoot> ip_address

IP: 192.168.1.31, Default server: 192.168.1.101, DNS server IP: 0.0.0.0

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