RHCE RHCT Exam questions:Howto configure the network card in redhat enterprise 5 Linux :
Question. I’ve installed Red Hat enterprise Linux 5 and now added one more LAN card (NIC). How do I configure the network card from the command line? I can see 2nd my network card detected while booting the IBM server.
Answer . Red hat Linux provides following tools to make changes to Network configuration such as add new card, assign IP address, change DNS server etc.
(a) GUI tool (X Windows required) - system-config-network
(b) Command line text based GUI tool (No X Windows required) - system-config-network
(c)Edit configuration files stored in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ directory
GUI can be launched using system-config-network
