Circaflex Posted December 15, 2002 Share Posted December 15, 2002 I am going to install RedHat Linux on my computer and I need to know how to find the following information so i can set up the network. IP Address, Netmask, Network, Broadcast, Gateway and Primary DNS (and if applicable the Secondary DNS and Ternary DNS). Is there a way to get this with out contacting my isp, like is there a command or program i can get this quickly? I remember on like win98 you could use like ipcfg but that isnt on WinXP Pro SP1. Any help? Thrid Party programs are nice too. I really hate calling my isp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower2k Posted December 15, 2002 Share Posted December 15, 2002 control panel > network connections > whatever network connection you use > Support tab > 'Details...' button, but that's only if you need to specify the information yourself. A lot of cable companies use DHCP to assign you all of that information automatically. In that case, you shouldnt have to enter any of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circaflex Posted December 15, 2002 Author Share Posted December 15, 2002 (edited) i have dsl, would that make a difference? since you said cable. Also i tried what you said and under network connections and my connection i did not see a "support" tab. Where would that be? Edited December 15, 2002 by Circaflex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bararum Posted December 15, 2002 Share Posted December 15, 2002 go into the command line and type ipconfig -all then hit enter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bararum Posted December 15, 2002 Share Posted December 15, 2002 keep inmind, RH8 should recognze most of it (if it's dhcp and since u use dsl it prob is.). Not sure tho i use gentoo ;) but i used rh7 and i think it was pretty automatic. :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circaflex Posted December 15, 2002 Author Share Posted December 15, 2002 so should i just select dchp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bararum Posted December 15, 2002 Share Posted December 15, 2002 so should i just select dchp? yea just select dhcp, altho its still useful to know ur host jic, cause some distros ask for it and some isp's require u to type it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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