What are the steps to set up an IP address in Linux?
The steps to set the IP address on a Linux system are as follows:
- Open the terminal window and log in as an administrator.
- obtain network interface configuration information
- Show the IP address.
- Bring the [interface_name] interface up using ifconfig.
- Bring up the interface with the specified name.
- Set the IP address and netmask for the specified interface using the command “ifconfig [interface_name] [ip_address] netmask [netmask]”.
- Assign the IP address [ip_address] with netmask [netmask] to the interface named [interface_name].
- Set the IP address, netmask, and broadcast address for a specific interface using the command ifconfig.
- Assign an IP address with a specific netmask and broadcast address to a specified network interface.
- Add a default route with the gateway address specified.
- Add a default route via the specified gateway address.
- Write the DNS server address to the file /etc/resolv.conf.
- ping the specified IP address
- Check the connectivity to www.google.com.
Please note that in these commands, [interface_name] refers to the name of the network interface (such as eth0, enp0s3, etc.), [ip_address] refers to the IP address to be set, [netmask] refers to the subnet mask to be set, [broadcast_address] refers to the broadcast address to be set, [gateway_address] refers to the IP address of the default gateway to be set, and [DNS_server_address] refers to the IP address of the DNS server to be set. The specific values should be set according to your network environment.