Redhat...setting up network?

[FOBSIDE]

How do I got about setting up my IP, gateway, and such in Redhat? I know I have to be logged in as root right? But is the stuff labeled differently. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[bubba]

There are a ton of ways to do it. Everything from command line to GUI. If you are afraid of a command line and you are using RedHat, try 'netcfg'

Enjoy!

 

[FOBSIDE]

you say try 'netcfg'...i ask 'how?' im new to this whole thing. any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Workin']

Logged in as root type netcfg at the command prompt and press enter. Follow the instructions.

Or else, logged in as root, type linuxconfig at the command prompt and go from there.

Everything is labeled the same (gateway, IP, etc.), not sure what you mean by that....

 

[FOBSIDE]

ok a thought just occured to me...if i didnt get asked my ip etc etc during setup, does that mean my network card didnt get detected? im not in my apt right now and i dont know what card it is off the top of my head but its some 3com card...any ideas on how to handle that if it didnt detect it?

 

[FOBSIDE]

ok i got linux to recognize my network card and i am able to ping my roomates computer(same hub) but i can not ping anyone else nor can i load any web pages. i set my nameservers correctly i believe and my ip...what about gateway? im assuming where it says GATEWAY is where i put the ip of my gateway but whats DEFAULT GATEWAY DEVICE? im confused...

 

[bubba]

You need to do more trying/research before posting every problem. It will be better for you in the end, trust me.

try www.linuxdoc.org

the interface you are looking for is the ethernet interface, since that is what you are accessing the internet with. Put in 'eth0' there.

 

[FOBSIDE]

yeah i did that. thanks tho. i will do more resarch. thanks again.

 

[Zach]

use linuxconf if you want it to be easy. I disable that thing though, but Webmin does a better job anyway. Web based too, so you can leave X off and use a nice pretty Windows machine.