How To Assign An Ip Address On A Linux Computer With Pictures

Press Ctrl+Alt+T or Ctrl+Alt+F1 (if you’re on a Mac, substitute the ⌘ Command key for Ctrl. Click the text box at the top or bottom of the screen if possible. Open the Menu window and find the “Terminal” application, then click on it.

A “root” account is the Linux equivalent of an Administrator account on a Windows or Mac computer.

The top item should be your current router or Ethernet connection. This item’s name is “eth0” (Ethernet) or “wifi0” (Wi-Fi) in Linux.

In most cases, this is the “eth0” or “wifi0” item.

To assign an IP of “192. 168. 2. 100” to your ethernet connection (“eth0”), for example, you’d enter sudo ifconfig eth0 192. 168. 0. 100 netmask 255. 255. 255. 0 here.

If you have a different DNS server address that you would rather use, enter that in the place of 8. 8. 8. 8.

A “root” account is the Linux equivalent of an Administrator account on a Windows or Mac computer.

For a network named “eno12345678”, for example, you’d enter vi ifcfg-eno12345678 here.

BOOTPROTO - Change dhcp to none Any IPV6 entry - Delete any IPV6 entries entirely by moving the cursor to the I on the left and pressing Del. ONBOOT - Change no to yes

For example: to use “192. 168. 2. 23” as your IP address, you’d type in IPADDR=192. 168. 2. 23 and press ↵ Enter.

Type in PREFIX=24 and press ↵ Enter. You can also enter NETMASK=255. 255. 255. 0 here. Type in GATEWAY=192. 168. 2. 1 and press ↵ Enter. Substitute your preferred gateway address if different.