182 Part II . Running the Show Here s
182 Part II . Running the Show Here s how to define the IP address for your Ethernet interface in Fedora or RHEL: 1. From the red hat menu, choose Desktop.System Settings.Network or, as root user from a Terminal window, type system-config-network. (If prompted, type the root password.) The Network Configuration window appears. 2. Click the Devices tab. A listing of your existing network interfaces appears. 3. Double-click the eth0 interface (representing your first Ethernet card). A popup window titled Ethernet Device appears (see Figure 5-5), enabling you to configure your eth0 interface. Figure 5-5: Configure and activate Ethernet devices in Fedora. 4. Select your preferences: Activate device when computer starts Check here to have eth0 start at boot time. Allow all users to enable and disable the device Check to let nonroot users enable and disable the network interface. Enable IPv6 configuration for this interface Check here if you are connected to an IPV6 network. (Most networks are still IPV4.) 5. You also must choose whether to get your IP addresses from another computer at boot time or enter the addresses yourself: Automatically obtain IP address settings with Select this box if you have a DHCP or BOOTP server on the network from which you can obtain your computer s IP address, netmask, and gateway. DHCP is recommended if you have more than just a couple of computers on your LAN. Optionally, you can set your own host name, which can be just a
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