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Appendix C Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address
P-974H/HW Series User’s Guide
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• 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 44 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 45 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 46 Red Hat 9.0: Restart Ethernet Card
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]