Thread: Configuring your network

Now, let us look at how to configure your machine on the network. You can configure it using two methods. It can be configured manually by the ifconjig command for static IP addressing or it can be done via the DHCP (Direct Host Control Protocol).



Static IF addressing is the one that you explicitly instruct the system to use by giving an IF address for a given Ethernet or wireless interface. In case you're using the DHCp, simply issuing the dhclient command will fetch the system an available IP address from the DHCP server in your network. Note that it may not be the same IP address that your machine fetches each time you issue dhclient.