LAN connect

[Cherez]

I have a rehat 7.1 box and I would like to know if anyone can tell me how to configure it to interact with my router. The ethernet cardi s a Linksys EtherFast LNE100TX and the router is an EtherFast Cable/DSL Router BEFSR41. Thanks!

[mdwatts]

Just point the gateway address of Redhat (usually 192.168.1.1) to the address of the Linksys Router and setup your isp's dns servers in /etc/resolv.conf and that should be about it.

Mine works fine just like that.

Are you having any specific problems setting up yours or are you just asking for advise?

[Cherez]

No specific problems, I just have never done this before. Do I enter the gateway address into a specific program or do I edit a text file?

[DMR]

To add the gateway, type the following at a command prompt:

route add default gw xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the gateway address.

You can also type "neat" at the prompt to bring up Redhat's NEtwork Administration Tool, a graphical utility in which you can configure all of your networking parameters

[ 21 March 2002: Message edited by: DMR ]