[rememberme]

I am new to RedHat and I would like to know how to set the workgroup and IP address for a NIC in the machine?

I have the internet working on the computer and have a spare network card in it which I would like to use to connect to an XP computer to share the internet connection... Linuxs seems a b!t<h to get Networking!! I must be missing something.

[horndude]

from command line while logged in as root:
dmesg | more ---------that will show the boot up message,check it to see if your network card was recognized by the kernel

lspci --------will list all pci devices on your system

lsmod ---------will list all kernel modules loaded, check if NIC has its kernel module in that list

insmod <module_name> will load the appropriate module if it isnt loaded, then change the appropriate init script so it gets done at boot, Redhat uses systemV init scripts

ifconfig -------use this to set IP address,netmask, and other settings for the NIC(s) in your system

if your sharing a connection with a windows machine using it as a router, you will have to setup the NIC in the linux box to use DHCP as well

[rememberme]

Thanks

[horndude]

oh, ya, dont forget to add your ISP's DNS numbers in /etc/resolv.conf on the linux box