To change your IP address on Linux, use the “ifconfig” command followed by the name of your network interface and the new IP address to be changed on your computer. To assign the subnet mask, you can either add a “netmask” clause followed by the subnet mask or use the CIDR notation directly.

How do you edit ifconfig?

To get started, type ifconfig at the terminal prompt, and then hit Enter. This command lists all network interfaces on the system, so take note of the name of the interface for which you want to change the IP address. You could, of course, substitute in whatever values you want.

How do I change my IP address in ifconfig?

To configure an IP address for a network interface, enter the following command: ifconfig interface_name IP_address interface_name is the name of the network interface. IP_address is the IP address that you want to assign to the network interface.