Setting IP Address

murph1083 · n00b Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 59

I am trying to set my ip address the way the install handbook says I should but im a little confused:

config_eth0=( "192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 brd 192.168.0.255" )
routes_eth0=( "default gw 192.168.0.1" )

I know what everything here means but I dont know what the brd is? Could someone clarify that for me?

wynn · Advocate Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 2421 Location: UK

"brd" is short for "broadcast" â a packet sent to this address will be received by all the NICs on that subnet. The subnet here is 192.168.0.0/24 which means all the NICs have addresses in which the 192.168.0. is constant and the last number can vary from 1 to 254 (sometimes 254 is special like 255).
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murph1083 · n00b Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 59

what should I put for this values. Im not sure what my address is? Is there a way i can find this?

tkdfighter · Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 8:32 pm Post subject:

Do you use a router at home? If so, you could set config_eth0=( "dhcp" ) and comment out routes_eth0 (this means to put a "#" in front of it, as the first character in the row). Otherwise, just leave it as it is right now. It should work.

To find out what your address is, use "ifconfig eth0".

For further reading, check out "man ifconfig" and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address.