For example, a netmask of
255.255.255.0 for the IP address 10.0.0.5 indicates that the network address is 10.0.0
and the host address is 5. Other computers on the network could use the same netmask
with IP addresses such as 10.0.0.1, 10.0.0.2, and so on up to 254.
Gateway address??”Type the IP address of the device that is acting as a router between
your computer and the Internet or other network. (See Chapter 18 for information on
using NAT or IP Masquerading if you are using Linux as a router.)
Select OK when you have filled in all the necessary information.
There are other features you can set as well that relate to your network connections in Ubuntu.
From the General tab, you can add the hostname and domain name assigned to your computer.
The Hosts tab lets you enter the IP address and hostname for individual hosts that you want to
enter manually.
From the DNS tab, you can indicate the IP addresses of the servers your computer will use to
resolve names of the computers you communicate with (using e-mail, Web browsers, and so on)
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into IP addresses. You can also indicate the Search Domains value, so those times that you try to
connect to a computer by hostname, but no domain name, your system knows which domains to
search first for that host.
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