FC5 networking question, emachines t3418

Peter Horst phorst at speakeasy.net
Sun Jun 25 23:05:02 UTC 2006


Kam Leo wrote:

> On 6/25/06, Peter Horst <phorst at speakeasy.net> wrote:
>
>> [snip cli network stuff]
>
>
> Seems that everyone is telling you how to set up your interface using
> CLI. Give the GUI utilitis a try:
>
> In Gnome click on System->Administration->Network, select the
> interface you want to configure, make sure that it is checked, then
> click "Edit" icon. In the General tab make sure that the Nickname is
> "eth0"; the box in front of "Activate device when computer starts" is
> checked; "Automatically obtain IP address with" is selected/enabled
> with  "dhcp" chosen from dropdown list; provide a hostname for your
> computer; and check the box for "Automatically obtain DNS information
> from provider".  Click "OK" after you are done.
>
> Restart your computer or use "service network restart" from commandline.
>
Thank you for responding, but this particular machine has no X Windows.

Peter




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