On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Sean Brzozowski wrote:
> Can somebody help me to translate following settings into the network
> settings in linux? I was trying to use netconf with different
> configurations to no avail.
>
> Settings from cable company:
> -------------------------------
> Primary DNS: 111.111.111.111
> Secondary DNS: 111.111.111.111
These are the nameservers, add them to /etc/resolve.conf if your not
running your own cacheing dns server.
> Subdomain address: aaa.nj.home.com
This is the domainname addedd to the end of your hostname
customer-pc.city.state.home.com
> IP address: 111.111.111.111
you static ip address for the network card
> Login: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
^ ignore this it's not needed 'cept on the @home site
> DNS Name: aaaaaaaaa-a
This is your computers name(hostname), breaks down as customer-[abc]
> (of course values are sample)
>
> The way I needed to set it up in Win9x and Win2000:
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Computer name: aaaaaaaaa-a
> Workgroup: @home
> Obtain IP address automatically: checked
> Obtain DNS server address automatically: checked
> DHCP enabled: checked
>
> Please help!
> TIA
> Sean Brzozowski
>
create /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
--
DEVICE=eth0
IPADDR=24.x.x.x
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=24.x.x.0
BROADCAST=24.x.x.255
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=none
USERCTL=no
--
or use one of the gui setup tools, netcfg or linuxconf
