Managing Network Interfaces

In most cases, you need to configure your network interface or interfaces only once—when you install Fedora Core 4. If you add or remove network interface hardware or the configuration of your network changes, however, you might need to make additional changes to your network configuration.

Fedora Core 4 provides a desktop Network Configuration tool to manage and configure your network interfaces. The Network Configuration tool is used to configure such items as address, nameserver, and gateway configuration, as well as the hardware network devices installed on your system. Start the Network Configuration tool by choosing Desktop, System Settings, Network. The Network Configuration tool appears, as shown in Figure ...

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