Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Linux Network management

/etc/modprobe.conf -- contain a list of alias name for each NIC
dmesg | grep "NIC name" and ifconfig can display the hardware address of NIC.
mii-tool - view and config negotrated speed of NIC, but it not support all the NICs. "mii-tool -v" can tell wheather the NIC support mii-tool.
ifdown and ifup
kudzu
netconfig - can create ifcfg-*** file. "netconfig --device eth1" config eth1 NIC.
system-config-network
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*** - configuration file for each NIC *** represent NIC alias name.

/etc/resolv.conf contain DNS setting

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