Configure IP address on RHEL 5 (GUI & Text mode)

Configure IP address on RHEL 5

 First Method – GUI

Issue the command below to bring up the GUI interface.

#system-config-network

Click on the desire NIC card profile and click on edit button at the top.

 

Select the "Statically set IP address" and key in your desire IP address.

 

Click on the "Activate" button

 

Click on the "Yes" button

Click  the "OK" button

Once done, issue the command below to for changes to take  immediate effect.

#service network restart

Or

#/etc/init.d/network restart

Second Method – Text Based GUI

Issue the command below to bring up the Text-Based-GUI.

#system-config-network-tui

Choose which NIC card you want to edit and hit the "Enter" key

 

Key in all the desire details and once you are done, hit the OK button.

 

Always restart the network service for changes to take immediate effect. Issue the command below to restart the network service.

#service network restart

Third Method – Editing Script File

The location of the script file is at

#/etc/sysconfig/network-script/ifcfg-eth0

Issue the command below to edit the script file.

#vi /etc/sysconfig/network-script/ifcfg-eth0

After you had edit the file, issue the command below to save the file

:wq!

Restart the network services for changes to take immediate effect

#service network restart

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