Setting IP address on Vector Linux

On Vector Linux, to edit the network interface, eth0 type:

#vi /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1

## The settings

DEVICE=’eth0′

DHCP=’no’

IPADDR=’172.16.0.1′

NETMASK=’255.255.0.0′

GATEWAY=’172.16.0.2′

PROBE=’no’

Save and quit. Then you need to restart the network services.

root:# /etc/rc.d/./rc.inet1 stop

Stopping network eth0 …

root:# /etc/rc.d/./rc.inet1 start

Ping the Vector Linux

root@ismail-laptop:~# ping 172.16.0.1

PING 172.16.0.1 (172.16.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.

64 bytes from 172.16.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.24 ms

64 bytes from 172.16.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.185 ms