Netconfig in Redhat Linux
Netconfig in redhat linux is used to set static IP address for our computer in a network.
We can install netconfig by yum or direct .rpm files
NETCONFIG Installation
#yum install netconfig*
( or )
#rpm -ivh netconfig-0.8.11-7.i386.rpm
Assigning IP address
simply type netconfig in terminal
#netconfig
To set more than one IP address for one system with single NIC
For first IP address i.e., default
#netconfig
For second IP address
#netconfig -d eth0:0
For third IP address
#netconfig -d eth1:1
netconfig is used to edit this files, without netconfig the following files won’t found.
/etc/resolv.conf
/etc/sysconfig/network
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
