Linux Tip No. 11: Changing your IP Address - Permanent

Changing your IP Address – Permanent

Files: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/

[root@proxy network-scripts]# ls -l

total 360

-rw-r--r-- 3 root root 190 Feb 28 2007 ifcfg-eth0

-rw-r--r-- 3 root root 191 Nov 8 2005 ifcfg-eth1

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 254 Jun 21 2001 ifcfg-lo

Pattern:

DEVICE=eth0/eth1/eth3

ONBOOT=yes/no

BOOTPROTO=static/none

IPADDR=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

NETMASK=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.

GATEWAY=xxx.xxx.xxx

Edit ifcfg-eth0:

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

DEVICE=eth0

BOOTPROTO=static

ONBOOT=yes

IPADDR=10.10.10.10

NETMASK=255.255.255.0

GATEWAY=10.10.10.1