Re: NEWBIE QUETION: Setting up dynamic IP under Redhat

From: Jim Fischer (jfischer_link5809_at_now.here.com)
Date: 09/11/03 

Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 01:31:56 -0500

Quiet Voice wrote:
> Greetings:
>
> I am interested in connecting my laptop running Redhat to our
> intranet. The laptop is configure to interface with my home
> peer-to-peer network. Each PC has a hardcoded IP address. But in our
> office, the Windows PC's are set with "Obtain IP Address
> Automatically". I am not sure how to duplicate this setting under
> linux.

I think I misunderstood your question (see my other/previous post in
this message thread). If your goal is to enable DHCP support on your
Linux box when you're at work, you'll need to tell us which version of
Red Hat Linux you're using.

If (and only if) you happen to be using Red Hat 9 (RH9), click on the
"Red Hat" button on the GNOME/KDE task bar and then select the "System
Settings -> Network" option. This will open the "Network Configuration"
dialog.

On the "Network Configuration" dialog, click on the "Devices" tab (if
necessary).

Now visit

    http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/

and select the link "Customization Guide" link. When you see the table
of contents for the RH9 Customization Guide, scroll down the page and
look for chapter 12, "Network Configuration". I'm *guessing* that you
need to create two network "profiles" for your laptop - i.e., a network
profile for home use and another for work use. Section 12.12, "Working
With Profiles" should get you started.

Caveat: I've never tried setting up / using different profiles myself.
So I can't offer any advice as to how well this works, or how "good" the
related documentation is in chapter 12 of the RH9 Customization Guide.
FWIW, you should probably read all of chapter 12 - except, perhaps, for
the sub-chapters that discuss network types (e.g., token ring, CIPE,
etc.) that you are not currently using.

Also: The network administrator at your place of work might need to a)
harvest some info from your laptop (e.g., the Ethernet card's MAC
address), and/or b) assign your laptop a DHCP identifier. Note that
network admins commonly configure the company's DHCP server so that it
only responds to DHCP requests from specific hosts (as a security
measure). So they might need to configure the DHCP server and your
laptop both in order for you to have DHCP support at work. 

-- 
Jim
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