Configuring the NIC Card in Linux Upon completion of this lab the student will be able to: Describe how to determine the IP address of the NIC card Demonstrate the process of how to configure an IP address on a NIC card Describe how to activate and Shut Down your NIC Card Background: In this lab the student will work with the most commonly used networking concepts. Some of activities are automatically covered during a Linux installation, but you will often find yourself having to know how to modify these initial settings whenever you need to move your server to another network, add a new network interface card or use an alternative means of connecting to the Internet. Lab Procedure Determining & Configuring Your Network Settings Logon to the Linux operating system. Open a terminal (Click on Applications, System Tools, and Terminal). Login in as superuser. Type the following command to show all interfaces ifconfig or ifconfig – –a Manual Page description: ifconfig is used to configure the kernel-resident network interfaces. It is used at boot time to set up interfaces as necessary. After that, it is usually only needed when debugging or when system tuning is needed. This command is being replaced with newer commands discussed later. Type the following command to view one interface only: example - ifconfig eth0
Configuring the NIC Card in Linux Upon completion of this lab the student will be able to: Describe how to determine the IP address of the NIC card Demonstrate the process of how to configure an IP address on a NIC card Describe how to activate and Shut Down your NIC Card Background: In this lab the student will work with the most commonly used networking concepts. Some of activities are automatically covered during a Linux installation, but you will often find yourself having to know how to modify these initial settings whenever you need to move your server to another network, add a new network interface card or use an alternative means of connecting to the Internet. Lab Procedure Determining & Configuring Your Network Settings Logon to the Linux operating system. Open a terminal (Click on Applications, System Tools, and Terminal). Login in as superuser. Type the following command to show all interfaces – ifconfig or ifconfig –a Manual Page description: ifconfig is used to configure the kernel-resident network interfaces. It is used at boot time to set up interfaces as necessary. After that, it is usually only needed when debugging or when system tuning is needed. This command is being replaced with newer commands discussed later. Type the following command to view one interface only: example - ifconfig eth0
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