> > I work at a company that doesn't use a dhcp server. I need to use an > > assigned ip address. However there are some other things that it > > requires, it requires an IP, SubNet,Default gateway, and a DNS . Can > > anyone help with setting this up?
Maybe you already know this, but anyhow, just in case anyone was unclear on terminology: The IP is simply your Internet Protocol address, you can choose a private network IP or a globally routable IP. Here are the private IP addresses: 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255 By private I mean that packets with these IP address will not be routed out to the Internet. A Subnet (mask) is a bitmask that helps identify which other computers are on your LAN. Subnets are defined as all devices whose IP addresses have the same prefix. If you want to talk with a computer that is not on your subnet, you need to go through the gateway. A gateway is simply a node on a network that serves as an entrance to another network. Because words are sometimes better than numbers, a DNS (Domain Name Server) is used to translate between the two. For example, www.yahoo.com just resolved to 64.58.76.228. Sorry if you knew all this. www.webopedia.com helps to define things Ryan ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
