Login as root to edit the files described below in a text editor, and reboot the system for the new configuration to be used.
You'll need the following from your network administrator:
- A unique static IP address and host name for your system
- The network gateway IP address.
- The subnet mask of your network.
- DNS server IP address(es).
/etc/sysconfig/network
Sample snippet from /etc/sysconfig/network.
NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=workstation1
GATEWAY="10.1.0.25"
The GATEWAY value is used if no GATEWAY is defined in a network port’s configuration file.
/etc/resolv.conf
Sample snippet from /etc/resolv.conf
/etc/hosts
You may need to edit the loopback setting which may look like 127.0.0.1 vxfhost.localhost.localdomain localhost by default. Optionally add hostname / IP address pairs for other workstations on your network.
Sample snippet from file:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.0.100 workstation1
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethn
Edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethn, where n specifies the ethernet port number, usually 0 for the first on-board port. If your workstation has an add-on ethernet card installed, the Linux operating system may assign ports eth0 through eth3 to the add-on card. In such a case, the on-board Ethernet ports become eth4 and eth5.
Optionally set the GATEWAY if not set in /etc/sysconfig/network.
Sample snippet from file:
DEVICE="eth0"
BOOTPROTO="static"
IPADDR="192.168.1.100"
NETMASK="255.255.0.0"
ONBOOT="yes"
GATEWAY=192.168.0.1
You'll need the following from your network administrator:
- A unique static IP address and host name for your system
- The network gateway IP address.
- The subnet mask of your network.
- DNS server IP address(es).