--- In [email protected], Scott <scottro@...> wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 06:53:06PM -0000, brusberri wrote: > > Sorry to disturb you guys i just need some quick tips if possible. > > > > > > > In my job as a software consultant almost daily i step into Linux servers > > (mostly if not all RH Enterprises 3, 4, 5 and some Fedora) on small > > networks which are not open to the internet. > > > > i need this connection for my job and i rarely have access to the system > > administrators of my company as i mostly work on remote, and they are > > engulfed too! > > > > of course i know the ip address of the server, of the router and of the > > proxy, if any (rarely the case). i can also copy the DNS and whatever from > > the windows machines in the network, i suppose. > > > > the problem is i don't know where to put this informations in order to > > access the internet (only strictly CLI commands and scripts please, there > > are no GUI on those machines). > > I'm not quite sure what you mean. You're at the machine and it has to > reach the Internet or you have to reach the machine from the Internet?
I'm at the machine and it has to reach the internet, through a network which is already working online. I see some very precious stuff here, thank you a lot, really. I will work at it asap and i let you know. i'm really gratefull cheers brusberri > > To find out current ip address > > ifconfig -a > > Which will give you information on all cards in the machine. > > To see the gateway > > route -n > > Usually the first and last lines both show the gateway. Not sure how it > works on RH3, but 4 and 5 should also show the gateway with > > cat /etc/sysconfig/network > > For DNS > > cat /etc/resolv.conf > > will show the settings. > > To edit a network connection, you should be able to use > > system-config-network-tui > > It's a curses based tool, so should show in terminal. > > This should enable you to configure interface, gateway and DNS. > > If I have misunderstood the question, apologies. > > > -- > Scott Robbins > PGP keyID EB3467D6 > ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) > gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 > ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
