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A Few Linux Networking Tips

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Here's a little something for those of us who use Linux (The place I work uses RedHat primarily) on a day to day basis. Lots of shops these days are switching from the more expensive solutions, like those offered by Sun and HP, to cut cost of deployment and maintenance, which opens up a great pathway into the Linux administration field for folks who are eager to learn. I can tell you, after working all angles of the *nix arena for a decade or so, that there's nothing more grating than having to fill out a form and wait for someone to do something you're supposed to be being paid to be good at. I'm not going to sneeze at my paycheck, of course, but I'm worried that, if I work at too many big corporations with big contracts, my mind will atrophy and I'll die a slow miserable death long before my body gives out Wink

So, today, I'm going to touch on some Linux networking tips at a basic level. As with everything, over time, I'll dive into these subjects in greater detail. But for now, we'll get to the meat of the post. A lot of times, I find, it makes more sense to know what to do and understand it later, rather than the opposite. To that end (This is all pretty much RedHat specific - please don't try this on a Sun box without a healthy ego - the error messages can be blunt Wink here we go:

1. Adding a default router:

You can generally do this one of two different ways:

If the NIC is already configured and UP, all you need to do is use the route command, like so:

host # route add default gw 127.0.0.1 dev eth0

If you want to add a default route permanently, you'll just need to add this line to the existing /etc/sysconfig/network configuration file:

Note that the NETWORKING and HOSTNAME variables should already be in there (If not, assign them values of yes and "whatever your hostname is", respectively. Also, your network may not be up Wink

GATEWAY=127.0.0.1

Of course, if you prefer, you can always use the /etc/init.d/network script to bounce your NIC's and routes (You set these up in the /etc/sysconfig/network and /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0, etc, scripts). You can also use the service command to bring up your network, bring it down or restart it (which will, again, re-read your configuration).

2. Displaying your NIC's device driver settings:

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