I need to change the IP address and netmask of a system from a program, and I'd prefer to not 'system(/bin/ifconfig eth0 newIP newmask)', if I can avoid it. Any idea on how to do this? <BR><BR>System ...

On the network at my school we use DHCP to get ip addresses (which change every 4 hours or so, and you can't ask them to give you a static address). I was wondering if it would disrupt the network at ...