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Operating system: Linux: Network: Setting: View: How to view the network configuration?
Nov 22nd, 2003 12:47
Knud van Eeden,
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--- Knud van Eeden --- 22 November 2003 - 09:12 pm -------------------
Operating system: Linux: Network: Setting: View: How to view the
network configuration?
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Method: Overview:
1. use the command '/sbin/ifconfig'
2. check files
'/etc/hosts' -
a list of known hosts
'/etc/resolv.conf' -
a list of your name servers
'/etc/lmhosts' -
a list of smb servers for netbios identification
'/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0' -
information for your first ethernet card
'/etc/sysconfig/network' -
info on your network configuration and hostname
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Method: use the command '/sbin/ifconfig'
Steps: Overview:
1. In a console type the command:
/sbin/ifconfig
You will now see something like for example:
eth0 Link encap: Ethernet
HWaddr 00:0C:29:F9:2B:9A
inet addr: 192.168.1.45
Bcast: 192.168.1.255
Mask: 255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST
MTU:1500
Metric:1
RX packets:642 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:463 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0
txqueuelen: 100
RX bytes: 126645 (123.6 Kb)
TX bytes: 37590 (36.7 Kb)
Interrupt: 10 Base address: 0x10a0
lo Link encap: Local Loopback
inet addr: 127.0.0.1
Mask: 255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING
MTU : 16346
Metric : 1
RX packets:1222 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1222 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0
txqueuelen: 100
RX bytes: 95000 (92.7 Kb)
TX bytes: 95000 (92.7 Kb)
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[Internet: source:
http://www.computerbits.com/archive/2002/0500/schroder0205.html]
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Tested successfully in:
Linux Debian v3
Linux Mandrake v9
Linux Red Hat v9
Linux Slackware v9
Linux SuSE v9
Linux Turbolinux v8
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Method: check file '/etc/sysconfig/network'
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Steps: Overview:
1. In a console type the command:
vi /etc/sysconfig/network
You will now see e.g.
+-----------------------------------+
| NETWORKING=yes |
| |
| FORWARD_IPV4=false |
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| HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain|
| |
| DOMAINNAME=localdomain |
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| GATEWAY=192.168.1.1 |
+-----------------------------------+
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[Internet: source:
http://computerbits.com/archive/2002/0400/schroder0402.html]
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Internet: see also:
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Operating system: Network: Set: How to set the network configuration
from the command line?
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/26809/fid/427
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[Internet: source: http://www.google.com search for 'how to change
network settings command line linux':
http://k12linux.org/netadmin/network.html]
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