P-662H/HW-D Series User’s Guide

1Assuming that you have only one network card on the computer, locate the ifconfig- eth0 configuration 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.

Figure 233 Red Hat 9.0: Dynamic IP Address Setting in ifconfig-eth0

DEVICE=eth0

ONBOOT=yes

BOOTPROTO=dhcp

USERCTL=no

PEERDNS=yes

TYPE=Ethernet

•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 234 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

2If 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 235 Red Hat 9.0: DNS Settings in resolv.conf

nameserver 172.23.5.1 nameserver 172.23.5.2

3After 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.

Appendix D Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address

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