Re: setting up TCP/IP

[Colin Leroy <colin@colino.net>]

On 17 Dec 2004 at 23h12, froinds@bellsouth.net wrote:

Hi, 

> I'm pretty new to Linux. I need to know how to set up my NIC with a 
> static IP instead of DHCP using terminal commands since I'll do it 
> remotely through ssh.

edit /etc/network/interfaces with a tool like vi, nano, emacs, whatever
you prefer and put something like this:

iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.0.4
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        network 192.168.0.0
        broadcast 192.168.0.255
        gateway 192.168.0.1
	name eth0

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Colin
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