Thanks I followed the instructions and restarted the computer (was it a must? I thought Linux doesn't require that). With ifconfig I saw that the new IP was given - but no internet connection was established. What else could I miss? Yigal >-----Original Message----- >From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list- >bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alexander Dalloz >Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 3:50 PM >To: For users of Fedora Core releases >Subject: Re: forcing a specific IP > >Am Sa, den 09.10.2004 schrieb YigalB um 15:42: > >> I have several PCs behind router which deliver each computer a specific >> IP. I want the Linux PC to use a pre-determined IP instead of getting >> what the router delivers. The reason for that is the need to set port >> forwarding in the router - which is IP dependent. > >> How do I do that? > >> Yigal > >Run system-config-network and change the clients from DHCP to static >IPs. > >Please read the docs > >http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/sysadmin- >guide/s1-network-config-ethernet.html > >Alexander > > >-- >Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13 >Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) kernel 2.6.8-1.521smp >Serendipity 15:48:52 up 9 days, 18:15, load average: 0.29, 0.37, 0.29
