Re: Network help for Linux Newbie

in the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file put

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes

and then do /sbin/service network restart

You may know already that if you use DHCP to configure a server you will
want to designate a specific IP tied to its MAC address in the Cisco DHCP
server, so the IP won't change.

As far as keeping it safe from the outside you can use either /sbin/lokkit
(RedHat's firewall GUI) or read up on iptables and write your own ruleset to
deny access from outside the LAN.



"BG" <NOT@home.net> wrote in message
news:yeINa.427474$3n5.383800@news2.central.cox.net ...
> I have a small home network (2 Win XP systems) which are connected to an
> Intel 5-port HUB, and then the Hub is connected to a Cisco 1605 Router to
> allow internet sharing. The Cisco is set to automatically obtain it's eth0
> IP from my provider and configured as a DHCP server on eth1 (so that my
> Windows systems may automatically obtain their IP's from the router.
>
> Because I run a few websites I decided to setup a third system running
> RedHat 7.3/Apache/Perl so that I may test all of my website scripts
locally
> before placing them on my remote web servers. My question is how can I
> configure the new Linux machine to be able to automatically obtain it's IP
> from the Cisco router as my other systems do? And how can I at the same
time
> keep it secure from the outside (it is only going to be used as sort of a
> mirror for testing my sites files)?
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> BG
>
>