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Appendix A Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address
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If you know your DNS server IP address(es), click the DNS tab in the Network Configuration
screen. Enter the DNS server information in the fields provided.
Figure 169
Red Hat 9.0: KDE: Network Configuration: DNS
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Click the Devices tab.
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Click the Activate button to apply the changes. The following screen displays. Click Yes to save
the changes in all screens.
Figure 170
Red Hat 9.0: KDE: Network Configuration: Activate
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After the network card restart process is complete, make sure the Status is Active in the Network
Configuration screen.
Using Configuration Files
Follow the steps below to edit the network configuration files and set your computer IP address.
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Assuming that you have only one network card on the computer, locate the
ifconfig-eth0
configuration file (where
eth0
is the name of the Ethernet card). Open the configuration file with
any plain text editor.
• If you have a dynamic IP address, enter
dhcp
in the
BOOTPROTO=
field. The following figure
shows an example.