Fedora / Red Hat Network Configuration Files

/etc/sysconfig/network
Red Hat network configuration file used by the system during the boot process.

File: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
Configuration settings for your first ethernet port (0). Your second port is eth1.
File:
/etc/modprobe.conf (kernel 2.6)
/etc/modules.conf (kernel 2.4)
(or for older systems: /etc/conf.modules)
Example statement for Intel ethernet card:
alias eth0 eepro100

Modules for other devices on the system will also be listed. This tells the kernel which device driver to use if configured as a loadable module. (default for Red Hat)


Fedora / Red Hat Network GUI Configuration Tools:
The following GUI tools edit the system configuration files. There is no difference in the configuration developed with the GUI tools and that developed by editing system configuration files directly.

TCP/IP ethernet configuration:
Network configuration:
/usr/sbin/system-config-network (FC-2/3) GUI shown here --->
/usr/bin/redhat-config-network (/usr/bin/neat) (RH 7.2+ FC-1)
Text console configuration tool:
/usr/sbin/system-config-network-tui (Text User Interface (TUI) for Fedora Core 2/3)
/usr/bin/redhat-config-network-tui (RH 9.0 - FC-1)
Text console network configuration tool.
First interface only - eth0: /usr/sbin/netconfig
/usr/bin/netcfg (GUI) (last available with RH 7.1)



Gnome Desktop:
Gnome Desktop Network Configuration
/usr/bin/gnome-network-preferences (RH 9.0 - FC-3)
Proxy configuration. Choose one of three options:
Direct internet connection
Manual proxy configuration (specify proxy and port)
Automatic proxy configuration (give URL)

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