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Christopher Negus

"Linux Bible, 2008 Edition: Boot up to Ubuntu, Fedora, KNOPPIX, Debian, openSUSE, and 11 Other Distributions"

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tool lets you have the interface try to start using DHCP or use static address information
that you provide.
 Ubuntu Linux??”Select System???Administration???Networking from the desktop. Enter
the administrative password when prompted. From the Network Settings window that
appears, choose the interface you want to configure and select Properties. A dialog box
similar to that shown in Figure 5-5 will appear.
FIGURE 5-5
Configuring an interface in Ubuntu
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Getting on the Internet 5
 KNOPPIX??”Select the squished penguin icon in the panel on the KNOPPIX desktop,
and choose Networking/Internet from the menu. Select the Network card configuration
menu entry to configure your network card. Or select from several other network equipment
types instead (ADSL, GPRS, ISDN, Modem, or Wavelan).
Using Network Configuration GUI in Fedora
An example of a graphical tool for configuring your Ethernet interface is the Network Configuration
GUI that comes with Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems. If you did not configure your
LAN connection during installation of Fedora or RHEL, you can do so at any time using the Network
Configuration window. The IP address and hostnames can be assigned statically to an Ethernet
interface or retrieved dynamically at boot time from a DHCP server.


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