Re: Setting a DNS without using neat

Stephane Gaucher <Stephane.Gaucher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Thu, 18 Nov 2004 14:11:53 -0500

As neat seems to be currently broken due to python being broken, how can
I set a DNS server address? ifcfg eth0 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx gives me an error
that eth0 cannot be contacted (or something like that)

For set an ip address:

into a command line type: 

ifconfig eth0 111.222.333.444/24 up

or

ifconfig eth0 111.222.333.444 netmask 255.255.255.0 up

route add default gw 111.222.333.444

For Setting DNS

edit the /etc/resolv.conf and add a line like this

nameserver 111.222.333.444