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Diagram 1.2
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Diagram 1.7
Diagram 1.5 The Configure Ether Device screen appears as
After a minute the Select Ethernet Device screen shown in diagram 1.7, click Apply.
opens up as shown above. This has a list of all
the Ethernet cards discovered during the scan This will instruct the wizard to write appropriate
done by this wizard. In this case there are two entries in the ipconfig file. This is the file that
Ethernet cards the 1st and 2nd. The 1st card Linux always reads to know the configuration
represents eth0, the 2nd card represents eth1 bound to a specific Ethernet card, in this case
and so on. Select the 1st and click Forward. eth0.
The Configure Network Settings screen opens up.
Diagram 1.8
Diagram 1.6 The Network configuration screen opens once
The IP address is going to be entered again. Now, however eth0 is displayed as
manually, click the Statically set IP Addresses shown in diagram 1.8. Click on Edit to change
radio button. In Address enter an IP address, the Nickname from eth0 to anything more
which will identify the computer on the network. descriptive. In the General tab that appears
In Subnet Mask enter a subnet mask value (or over write the Nickname eth0, with a name of
accept the default which displays immediately). Ifyour choice.
the computer logins in to the Internet then in the
Default Gateway Address enter the IP of the We used DAX to differentiate between the DAX
computer which is the gateway to the Internet on card and the OnBoard Ethernet card in our
the Network (or delete any default value system. Please see diagram 1.9.
displayed there and leave it blank.
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Diagram 1.12
The Information screen appears informing that
the changes made to the ipconfig were
Diagram 1.9 successfully written. There is also a warning
Rename eth0 to any appropriate name (we’ve indicating that the network services may
used DAX) as shown above. Click OK, to return have to be restarted via the command prompt
the Network Configuration screen once again. if required. Click Ok.
Diagram 1.11
The redhat-config-network screen appears
as shown in diagram 1.11. Click Yes.
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Diagram 1.14
Select Ethernet Connector as shown in diagram Diagram 1.16
1.14 to commence configuring the OnBoard Select the Statically set IP Address radio button
Ethernet card. Click Forward. once again. Next enter the appropriate subnet
mask.
Note
Eth0 was loaded with a Default Gateway
Address because this computer itself is
the gateway to the Internet.
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Diagram 1.17
The Create Ethernet Device screen appears as Diagram 1.19
shown in diagram 1.17. In the General tab we changed the Nickname to
LaptopLink. You can choose any name you
Click Apply. feel is appropriate. Then click OK. This returns
to the Network Configuration Screen. Notice
however, that the Nickname has changed to
Laptoplink.
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Diagram 1.21
The redhat-network-network screen appears as
shown in diagram 1.21. Click Yes.
Diagram 1.24
Since the Linux computer is the gateway to the
Internet. One more configuration value has to
be passed to eth0, i.e. the DAX card. That is
Diagram 1.22 the DNS server’s IP address. To do this first
The Information screen appears with the click on the Hardware tab in the Network
message that indicates that the changes made Conf. Screen as shown in diagram 1.24.Next
have been successfully written to the ipconfig select eth0. Here eth0 is shown, as Linux
file. Additionally there is a warning that recognizes Ethernet cards by their ID numbers.
network services may have to be restarted.
Click OK. Next click the DNS tab.
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Diagram 1.26
The redhat-config-network screen appears as
shown in diagram 1.26. Click Yes.
Diagram 1.28
Open a Konsole shell using the Start menu.
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