Back at Square 1

[Michael]

If it's a RedHat based distro you might see if you have the netconfig
tool. It might simplify setting up networking. Linuxconf is a bit odd IMO.

However, besides setting up the ip, your router, and perhaps name servers
there shouldn't be much to setting up networking. If your router offers
dhcp you don't even need to do that much.

Don't dream it. Be it.

;):):-):):-):):-)8')
Michael McGlothlin <mogmios at mlug.missouri.edu>
http://kavlon.org/projects/

On Sun, 14 Jul 2002, Seth Dimbert wrote:

> Hmm... I think I've gotten you all to head way past me.
>
> All I want to do it assign this machine an IP Address so I can see it from
> other machines on my local network. All the machines connected to my
> router/switch have IP's in the 192.168.1.0 family. .1 is my router and each
> machine is a .10x (192.168.1.100, .101, .102, etc.) I want this machine to
> be addressed as 192.168.1.105, but when I use linuxconf to assign that
> number, it tells me that I have to give it other information... Stuff I
> don't know.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> -SD
>
>
> On 7/14/02 9:57 AM, "Monty J. Harder" <lists at kc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > "Seth Dimbert" <s.dimbert at fhmr.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I suppose you have the question right, though I'm not using dial-up at
> > all;
> >> the machine sits on my home network, which runs through a Linksys
> >> Router/Switch connected to my DSL Modem. I just need to "educate" the
> > Linux
> >> Box on how to see the router and, through it, the network and Internet.
> >
> > Step 1:  edit /etc/hosts to add a line like this (substitute your router's
> > address):
> >
> > 192.0.1.1    router    #Linksys
> >
> > Then set up the init script - you're running a RH-based distro, so you'll
> > want to edit /etc/rc.d/init.d/network to include
> >
> >   route add default router
> >
> > at the end.  Or create a separate script and link it into the rc#.d
> > directories as S11routing or somesuch.
> >
> > Issue that same command from the shell prompt.
> >
> >
> >
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