How to change the IP Address on SCO Unix

One of my customers re-addressed their entire internal network to a new ip-address range to allow for future growth and DHCP server redundancy. They have a legacy Unix machine sitting in the corner that no one knows anything about, but they still need to access it for legacy data. I’m not a Unix guy so there may be easier ways to do this, but here’s how I changed the ip-address:

Login using the root account.
Run “ifconfig -a” to determine the interface name (which is net0 in the example below):

You can add an alias using “ifconfig net0 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 broadcast 10.255.255.255”, but the alias will be removed when the system is rebooted.

To permanently change the ip-address, run “netconfig”.
Tab once and press the down arrow until “SCO TCP/IP” under the actual ethernet card is selected (not the one under the loopback adapter):

Tab back to the top and select “Modify protocol configuration” under “Protocol”:

Tab to the fields and make the necessary modifications. Tab to Ok and press enter:

Select OK:

Under the “Hardware” menu, select exit:

Select “Yes” to re-link the kernel:

Wait for the rebuilt to complete and choose yes:

I chose no on this one:

Modify the ip-addresses in /etc/hosts using the vi editor
vi hosts
i = insert mode
:q! to quit without saving
:wq to quit and save changes

Reboot and then run “ifconfig -a” to verify the settings are correct.

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