HP X1100 changing boot/network parameters

Linux system setup and recovery

conﬁguring your Linux workstation

changing boot/network parameters

Choose the “Boot/Network” tab and the window below appears.

There are three kinds of booting protocols that setparms can set up for you: Static, DHCP, and BOOTP. Choose the appropriate protocol based on the following descriptions:

1.Static boot protocol

If you choose Static booting, you will have to set several networking parameters. Some of these are described below.

You will also need to provide an IP address for your workstation, a hostname, the IP address of the network gateway for your system, the netmask (255.255.248.0 for example), and a network domain name (for example, company_name.com).

Press the “DNS Parameters” tab to set up your DNS Conﬁguration. Refer to the section “DNS Parameters Conﬁguration” in this chapter for an example of the screen interface and instructions.

After setting up DNS, click on the “Authorization Parameters” tab and follow the instructions in the section “setting up network authorization parameters.”

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