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Re: how to assign an IP address ?
- To: Andrew Lunn <andrew dot lunn at ascom dot ch>
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] how to assign an IP address ?
- From: Gary Thomas <gthomas at redhat dot com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 07:54:13 -0600 (MDT)
- Cc: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com, Amit Bhor <Amitb at myrealbox dot com>
- Organization: Red Hat, Inc.
On 17-Aug-2001 Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 01:37:44PM +0000, Amit Bhor wrote:
>> hello everyone ,
>>
>> i compiled the ecos code with networking support with the test_ping.c program ... but how do i
>> assign a IP address to the loopback interface ? ..I can see some bootp code but can i assign an
>> IP address statically ? ..if yes...how ? I am running the ecos 1.3.1 with the stable tcp/ip
> stack (not the current cvs code)...
>
> First off, i suggest you use the anon cvs version. There have been
> lots of bug fixes to the stack which are only in CVS.
>
> The function init_all_network_interfaces() will assigned the IP
> address 127.0.0.1 to the loopback device. You don't need to do
> anything so long as you call this function.
>
Additionally, I'm pretty sure that the loopback interface does not
even function in the older 1.3.1 codebase.
Use the CVS.