This configuration assumes the following:

• HOSTNAME=server2.example.com
• NETWORK=192.168.1.0
• IPADDR=192.168.1.2
• NETMASK=255.255.255.0
• BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
• GATEWAY=192.168.1.1

1. Change The HOSTNAME

   # vi /etc/sysconfig/network

   NETWORKING=yes
   NETWORKING_IPV6=yes
   HOSTNAME=server2.example.com
   

2. Change IPADDR, NETWORK, NETMASK, GATEWAY(if you are using) and BROADCAST to your settings

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

   # VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II]
   DEVICE=eth0
   BOOTPROTO=static
   BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
   HWADDR=00:19:DB:69:64:63
   IPADDR=192.168.1.2
   IPV6ADDR=
   IPV6PREFIX=
   NETMASK=255.255.255.0
   NETWORK=192.168.1.0
   GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
   ONBOOT=yes
   

3. # vi /etc/resolv.conf

4. Change the nameservers IPs to your ISP nameservers:

   nameserver  84.23.101.84
   nameserver  84.23.101.85
   

5. # vi /etc/hosts

6. Change it to some thing like this:

   # Do not remove the following line, or various programs
   # that require network functionality will fail.
   192.168.1.2     server2.example.com     computer2
   192.168.1.1     server1.example.com	computer1
   127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain localhost
   ::1             localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6
   

7. # service network restart

8. Test it by running this command:

   # ping 192.168.1.2

To stop the network card

# ifdown eth0

To start the network card

# ifup eth0

To display network devices

# ifconfig

To display the routing table

# netstat -nr