ZyXEL Communications SMG-700 Cable Box User Manual


 
Appendix A Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address
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If you have a dynamic IP address, click Automatically obtain IP address settings
with and select dhcp from the drop down list.
If you have a static IP address, click Statically set IP Addresses and fill in the
Address, Subnet mask, and Default Gateway Address fields.
3 Click OK to save the changes and close the Ethernet Device General screen.
4 If you know your DNS server IP address(es), click the DNS tab in the Network
Configuration screen. Enter the DNS server information in the fields provided.
Figure 44 Red Hat 9.0: KDE: Network Configuration: DNS
5 Click the Devices tab.
6 Click the Activate button to apply the changes. The following screen displays. Click Yes
to save the changes in all screens.
Figure 45 Red Hat 9.0: KDE: Network Configuration: Activate
7 After the network card restart process is complete, make sure the Status is Active in the
Network Configuration screen.
Using Configuration Files
Follow the steps below to edit the network configuration files and set your computer IP
address.
1 Assuming that you have only one network card on the computer, locate the
ifconfig-
eth0
configuration file (where eth0 is the name of the Ethernet card). Open the
configuration file with any plain text editor.
If you have a dynamic IP address, enter
dhcp in the BOOTPROTO= field. The
following figure shows an example.