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Appendix C Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address

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Figure 73 Red Hat 9.0: Dynamic IP Address Setting in ifconfig-eth0

• If you have a static IP address, enter

static

in the

BOOTPROTO=

field. Type

IPADDR

= followed by the IP address (in dotted decimal notation) and type

NETMASK

=

followed by the subnet mask. The following example shows an example where the
static IP address is 192.168.1.10 and the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.

Figure 74 Red Hat 9.0: Static IP Address Setting in ifconfig-eth0

2 If you know your DNS server IP address(es), enter the DNS server information in the

resolv.conf

file in the

/etc

directory. The following figure shows an example

where two DNS server IP addresses are specified.

Figure 75 Red Hat 9.0: DNS Settings in resolv.conf

3 After you edit and save the configuration files, you must restart the network card. Enter

./network restart

in the

/etc/rc.d/init.d

directory. The following figure

shows an example.

Figure 76 Red Hat 9.0: Restart Ethernet Card

DEVICE=eth0

ONBOOT=yes

BOOTPROTO=dhcp

USERCTL=no

PEERDNS=yes

TYPE=Ethernet

DEVICE=eth0

ONBOOT=yes

BOOTPROTO=static

IPADDR=192.168.1.10

NETMASK=255.255.255.0

USERCTL=no

PEERDNS=yes

TYPE=Ethernet

nameserver 172.23.5.1

nameserver 172.23.5.2

[root@localhost init.d]# network restart

Shutting down interface eth0: [OK]

Shutting down loopback interface: [OK]

Setting network parameters: [OK]

Bringing up loopback interface: [OK]

Bringing up interface eth0: [OK]