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:

  1. Open the terminal window and log in as an administrator.
  2. obtain network interface configuration information
  3. Show the IP address.
  4. Bring the [interface_name] interface up using ifconfig.
  5. Bring up the interface with the specified name.
  6. Set the IP address and netmask for the specified interface using the command “ifconfig [interface_name] [ip_address] netmask [netmask]”.
  7. Assign the IP address [ip_address] with netmask [netmask] to the interface named [interface_name].
  8. Set the IP address, netmask, and broadcast address for a specific interface using the command ifconfig.
  9. Assign an IP address with a specific netmask and broadcast address to a specified network interface.
  10. Add a default route with the gateway address specified.
  11. Add a default route via the specified gateway address.
  12. Write the DNS server address to the file /etc/resolv.conf.
  13. ping the specified IP address
  14. 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.

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