forcing a specific IP

[YigalB]

Thanks

I followed the instructions and restarted the computer (was it a must? I
thought Linux doesn't require that).
With ifconfig I saw that the new IP was given - but no internet
connection was established.
What else could I miss?

Yigal

>-----Original Message-----
>From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-
>bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Alexander Dalloz
>Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 3:50 PM
>To: For users of Fedora Core releases
>Subject: Re: forcing a specific IP
>
>Am Sa, den 09.10.2004 schrieb YigalB um 15:42:
>
>> I have several PCs behind router which deliver each computer a
specific
>> IP. I want the Linux PC to use a pre-determined IP instead of getting
>> what the router delivers. The reason for that is the need to set port
>> forwarding in the router - which is IP dependent.
>
>> How do I do that?
>
>> Yigal
>
>Run system-config-network and change the clients from DHCP to static
>IPs.
>
>Please read the docs
>
>http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/sysadmin-
>guide/s1-network-config-ethernet.html
>
>Alexander
>
>
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