I am trying to get and set the IP address using the IOCTL interface on Linux. I am successfully able to get and set it. When I set the ip address, ifconfig eth0 shows a proper IP address, but then the system gets disconnected. i.e. System is not pingable. Here's my code for setting the IP address.

SIOCSIFFLAGS. SIOCGIFFLAGS. SIOCSIFFLAGS sets the interface flags. SIOCGIFFLAGS gets the interface flags. No connection. ENOMEM: Not enough memory available. ENOTCONN: The operation is only defined on a connected socket, but the socket was not connected. ENXIO: Device does not exist. ESRCH: No such process. Parent topic: i. Related information. OpenVPN Error - OpenVPN Support Forum Nov 05, 2013 ifconfig wlan0 up is not starting in debian Solutions

Determining IP information for wlan0SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory failed. Expected results: Establish wireless network connection. Additional info: It is known that a wireless network is active in my office and the …

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