Figure 262 Red Hat 9.0: Static Ip Address Setting In Ifconfig-Eth0; Figure 263 Red Hat 9.0: Dns Settings In Resolv.conf; Figure 264 Red Hat 9.0: Restart Ethernet Card - ZyXEL Communications P-793H User Manual

Appendix C Setting up Your Computer's IP Address
• 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 262 Red Hat 9.0: Static IP Address Setting in ifconfig-eth0

DEVICE=eth0
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=192.168.1.10
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
If you know your DNS server IP address(es), enter the DNS server information in
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the resolv.conf file in the /etc directory. The following figure shows an example
where two DNS server IP addresses are specified.

Figure 263 Red Hat 9.0: DNS Settings in resolv.conf

nameserver 172.23.5.1
nameserver 172.23.5.2
After you edit and save the configuration files, you must restart the network card.
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Enter ./network restart in the /etc/rc.d/init.d directory. The following
figure shows an example.

Figure 264 Red Hat 9.0: Restart Ethernet Card

[root@localhost init.d]# network restart
Shutting down interface eth0:
Shutting down loopback interface:
Setting network parameters:
Bringing up loopback interface:
Bringing up interface eth0:
450
[OK]
[OK]
[OK]
[OK]
[OK]
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