Change network settings

[Geezer]

Whats the command to change the network settings from the CLI

Thanks

[bwkaz]

Which distro?

[Geezer]

Knoppix and Red Hat

[raddboy]

Try "neat" or "netconfig".

[homey]

Try this for Redhat....


Set the IP address and network mask: /sbin/ifconfig -a eth0 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0

Add the default gatway: /sbin/route add default gw 192.168.1.1

Or you can edit the file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

DEVICE=eth0
USERCTL=no
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=none
BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
NETWORK=192.168.1.0
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
IPADDR=192.168.1.2

and the file /etc/sysconfig/network.

NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=comp1.mydomain.com
FORWARD_IPV4=yes
GATEWAYDEV=
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1


Edit/create the file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 to use DHCP.

DEVICE=eth0
USERCTL=no
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
BROADCAST=
NETWORK=
NETMASK=
IPADDR=


Edit/create the file /etc/sysconfig/network to use DHCP.

NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=
FORWARD_IPV4=yes
GATEWAYDEV=
GATEWAY=

Restart the network to probe the DHCP server for your network settings with the command /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart.

Verify your network settings with the command /sbin/ifconfig

[singlespeed]

for redhat it's

# ifconfig eth0

man ifconfig for info...