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6 Click t he Act iva t e but t on t o apply t he changes. The following screen displays. Click Ye s t o sa ve
t h e cha n ge s in a ll scr e e n s.
Figure 175 Red Hat 9.0: KDE: Net work Configurat ion: Act ivat e
7 Aft er t he net work card rest art process is com plet e, m ake sure t he St a t us is Act ive in t he N e t w or k
Con figu r a t ion screen.
Using Configuration Files
Follow t he st eps below t o edit t he net work configurat ion files and set your com put er I P address.
Assum ing t hat you have only one net work card on t he com put er, locat e t he ifconfig-eth0
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configurat ion file ( where eth0 is t he nam e of t he Et hernet card) . Open t he configurat ion file wit h
any plain t ext edit or.
• I f you have a dynam ic I P address, ent er
shows an exam ple.
Figure 176 Red Hat 9.0: Dynam ic I P Address Set t ing in ifconfig- et h0
DEVICE=eth0
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
• I f you have a st at ic I P address, ent er
by t he I P address ( in dot t ed decim al not at ion) and t ype NETMASK= followed by t he subnet
m ask. The following exam ple shows an exam ple where t he st at ic I P address is 192.168.1.10
and t he subnet m ask is 255.255.255.0.
Figure 177 Red Hat 9.0: St at ic I P Address Set t ing in ifconfig- et h0
DEVICE=eth0
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=192.168.1.10
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
VMG1312-B Series User's Guide
Appendix A Setting up Your Computer's IP Address
in t he BOOTPROTO= field. The following figure
dhcp
in t he BOOTPROTO= field. Type IPADDR= followed
static
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