Appendix A Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address

4If 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 156 Red Hat 9.0: KDE: Network Configuration: DNS

5Click the Devices tab.

6Click the Activate button to apply the changes. The following screen displays. Click Yes to save the changes in all screens.

Figure 157 Red Hat 9.0: KDE: Network Configuration: Activate

7After 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.

1Assuming that you have only one network card on the computer, locate the ifconfig-eth0configuration 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.

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