Eric, the output of ifconfig is:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 02:00:00:29:f6:4e
inet addr:37.59.180.163 Bcast:37.59.180.163 Mask:255.255.255.255
inet6 addr: fe80::ff:fe29:f64e/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:581516 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:592486 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:113070018 (113.0 MB) TX bytes:265877400 (265.8 MB)
Interrupt:20 Memory:df5e0000-df600000
eth0:1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 02:00:00:29:f6:4e
inet addr:37.59.180.164 Bcast:37.59.180.164 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Interrupt:20 Memory:df5e0000-df600000
eth0:2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 02:00:00:29:f6:4e
inet addr:37.59.180.165 Bcast:37.59.180.165 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Interrupt:20 Memory:df5e0000-df600000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:1378382 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1378382 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:104886359 (104.8 MB) TX bytes:104886359 (104.8 MB)
no mention of the old IP address anywhere.
Ok on to the next stage of adding a new IP:
Click the radio button next to “Use private address”
Done
Then enter the IP address next to “Use private address”
There is nowhere to enter an IP address, no text box, no dropdown box - all I can do at this stage is click save. This in itself would not be a problem but Virtualmin keeps creating a virtual interface automatically using IP details that are not in use on the server at all which is the reason for my frustration - even if this is a quirk it would still perform brilliantly if only it would use the correct, current IP address.
Click the “Already Active” checkbox
I cant screenshot this at the moment as I am also now unable to access virtualmin control panel as a side effect of my trying to find why this issue has arisen.
**** added, I just realised that the IP area you are mentioning applies in my case to ipv6 only - I do not use ipv6 currently and am trying to do this using the ipv4 section
restart Webmin, which you can do with this command:
/etc/init.d/webmin restart
It restarts just fine - still no access to the control panel though
After that, do you continue to have the same problem?
Yes, I cannot access either by the URL or directly using the IP address.
If so, what error do you get when trying to access it?
This web page is not available
Google Chrome could not load the web page because 37.59.180.163 took too long to respond.
Same issue in other browsers.
****Added **** I just disabled ufw and I now have control panel access, the strange thing is that 10000 and 20000 ports are allowed already so i am not entirely sure where it is being blocked ****
Obviously right now I am in a bind, while the virtual servers are up and running it is not critical but in no way shape or form should adding a private ip address be this tricky - on the 17th May I had pointed out that the tickbox for use private IP is there but no where to put an IP as per the instructions.
I do understand that the GPL version gets support on the forum and users like myself need to be patient which is fair enough but on a few occasions through this thread I have detailed everything in a step by step format and end up having to repeat the same thing each day.
Finally, this is a dedicated server running Ubuntu 12.04
regards
Leigh