Ubuntu Networking Configuration Using Command Line The basics for any network based on *nix hosts is the

Transport Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) combination of three protocols. This combination co nsists of the Internet Protocol (IP),Transport Control Protocol (TCP), and Unive rsal Datagram Protocol (UDP). By Default most of the users configure their network card during the installatio n of Ubuntu. You can however, use the ifconfig command at the shell prompt or Ub untu s graphical network configuration tools, such as network-admin, to edit your system s network device information or to add or remove network devices on your sy stem Configure Network Interface Using Command-Line You can configure a network interface from the command line using the networking utilities. You configure your network client hosts with the command line by usi ng commands to change your current settings or by editing a number of system fil es. Configuring DHCP address for your network card If you want to configure DHCP address you need to edit the /etc/network/interfac es and you need to enter the following lines replace eth0 with your network inte rface card sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces Note :- Use vi editor if you don t have GUI installed If you have GUI use the following command gksudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces # The primary network interface - use DHCP to find our address auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp Configuring Static IP address for your network card If you want to configure Static IP address you need to edit the /etc/network/int erfaces and you need to enter the following lines replace eth0 with your network interface card sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces Note :- Use vi editor if you don t have GUI installed If you have GUI use the following command gksudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.3.90 gateway 192.168.3.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.3.0

broadcast 192.168.3.255 After entering all the details you need to restart networking services using the following command sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart Setting up Second IP address or Virtual IP address in Ubuntu If you are a server system administrator or normal user some time you need to as sign a second ipaddress to your Ubuntu machine.For this you need to edit the /et c/network/interfaces file and you need to add the following syntax.Below one is the only example you need to chnage according to your ip address settings sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces Note :- Use vi editor if you don t have GUI installed If you have GUI use the following command gksudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces auto eth0:1 iface eth0:1 inet static address 192.168.1.60 netmask 255.255.255.0 network x.x.x.x broadcast x.x.x.x gateway x.x.x.x You need to enter all the details like address,netmask,network,broadcast and gat eways values after entering all the values save this file and you need to restar t networking services in debian using the following command to take effect of ou r new ipaddress. After entering all the details you need to restart networking services using the following command sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart Setting your ubuntu stytem hostname Setting up your hostname upon a ubuntu installation is very straightforward. You can directly query, or set, the hostname with the hostname command. As an user you can see your current hostname with sudo /bin/hostname Example To set the hostname directly you can become root and run sudo /bin/hostname newname When your system boots it will automatically read the hostname from the file /et c/hostname If you want to know more about how to setup host name check here

Setting up DNS When it comes to DNS setup Ubuntu doesn t differ from other distributions. You can add hostname and IP addresses to the file /etc/hosts for static lookups. To cause your machine to consult with a particular server for name lookups you s imply add their addresses to /etc/resolv.conf. For example a machine which should perform lookups from the DNS server at IP add ress 192.168.3.2 would have a resolv.conf file looking like this sudo vi /etc/resolv.conf Note :- Use vi editor if you don t have GUI installed If you have GUI use the following command gksudo gedit /etc/resolv.conf enter the following details search test.com nameserver 192.168.3.2