Re: network card config question

[Kevin Colby <kevinc grainsystems com>]

All ifconfig information is set upon boot from the files in
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/.  You can change these
settings via netconf, linuxconf, or by editing the files
directly.

	- Kevin Colby
	  kevinc grainsystems com


mgh520 yahoo com wrote:
> 
> Simple question here:  I have an ethernet card on RedHat 6.1.  I somehow
> 
> entered an incorrect netmask value and I want to change it.  I used
> "ifconfig eth0 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0" but after rebooting and
> checking "ifconfig" again, it still reports the old value of netmask.
> I was doing this thru a telnet session from Windows so I didn't have an
> X
> client and couldn't run netconf (is this the name?).
> Is this info stored in a text file somewhere that I can go edit?  Or is
> this 'THE' way to change your network card settings?
> 
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger.
> http://im.yahoo.com
> 
> --
> To unsubscribe: mail redhat-install-list-request redhat com with
> "unsubscribe" as the Subject.