[olug] Network

CM Miller cmmiller1973 at yahoo.com
Thu Jan 16 00:47:41 UTC 2003


or you can type 'netconfg', if you are using Redhat,
from a terminal session and it should bring up a
window or fields that allow you to either used dhcp or
static ip and fill in values for ip, gateway, subnet
mask and all of that good stuff. 


--- Brian Wiese <bwiese at cotse.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 17:14:38 -0600
> Nate <tbrownarcher at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> |I have a 2 computer network  (486 pakard bell and a
> DIT machine with an 
> |amd 300 mhz chip)
> |In windows I have the network working but I want to
> use that linux 
> |Mandrake side of the AMD machine to
> |network too.  I'm using an ethernet card to access
> the internet through 
> |a cable modem and also an ethernet
> |card with a crossover cable to form the network
> between the 2 computers. 
> 
> |Can someone tell me where to find some useful info
> to do this, or help 
> |me out in some way?
> |I have been looking on the internet for
> documentation but sifting 
> |through it seems impossible.
> |thanks,
> |Nate
> 
> Given your network works in GNU/Linux, it's simply a
> matter of configuring
> the networking on the GNU/Linux box and adding the
> gateway.  Does the 486
> with Windows have the ethernet cable connected to
> the cable modem... or is
> it the 300mhz system win/linux system?
> 
> Record your network settings in Windows (IP address,
> netmask, gateway) and
> then just transfer those configurations into the
> GNU/Linux side.
> 
>
<cablemodem>----------------<windows>-----------------<linux>
> ?
>                      coxIPaddy | 192.168.100.1   
> 192.168.100.123
> 
> check/config your settings with the "ifconfig" and
> "route" commands.
> ( use your own ipaddress settings here )
> # ifconfig eth0 192.168.100.123 netmask
> 255.255.255.0
> # route add default gw 192.168.100.1
> 
> I think you can statically assign this is
> redhat/mandrake's /etc/sysconfig
> folder somewhere.
> 
> 
>   Brian Wiese | bwiese at cotse.com | aim: unolinuxguru
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