From kde-linux Sat Nov 29 11:49:10 2003 From: Gene Heskett Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 11:49:10 +0000 To: kde-linux Subject: Re: [kde-linux] Networking question X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-linux&m=107010657924052 On Saturday 29 November 2003 00:48, Wyatt M. Portendt wrote: >Hi. > >I'm new to Linux and use Mandrake 9.1. All had been well enough and > I've been able to use Mandrake and KDE with no major malfunctions. > However, I changed my LAN at the router from DHCP to static > addresses. All the Windows machines are fine including the dual > boot Windows portion of this machine, but I can't figure out how to > change the IP settings in Linux. Do I have to reinstall? I'm very > new, so please be patient and explicit. Thanks. You shouldn't have to do more than reboot, after editing your /etc/sysconfig/networking-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 to reflect the new status. Here, as I'm on DSL, that file contains an extra command to set the MTU down from its default of 1500 bytes to make room for the PPPoE headers 8 bytes. So mine looks like this, for this machine: ------------------------ DEVICE=eth0 ONBOOT=yes BOOTPROTO=static IPADDR=192.168.71.3 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 GATEWAY=192.168.71.1 MTU=1492 ---------------------------------- You should have a manpage on ifcfg to explain the gory details. Also, make sure the /etc/hosts file is uptodate if you aren't running a local dns, aka named. -- Cheers, gene gheskett at wdtv dot com 99.27% setiathome rank, not too bad for a WV hillbilly ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde-linux mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-linux. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.