Red Hat Linux 6: Visual QuickPro Guide

Configuring a Direct Connection

If you have a direct—or broadband—connection to the Internet, there are a few things you have to configure differently than when you use a dial-up connection.

A broadband connection typically means that you are interfaced with the Internet via a LAN or a cable modem.

There is no reason that you can't have multiple connections: for example, one dial-up connection and one via a LAN.

To add an Ethernet interface:

1.	Open the Interfaces page of the Network Configurator applet (Figure 4.12).
2.	Click Add to add a new interface.
3.	Select Ethernet from the Interface Type dialog box (Figure 4.13).
4.	Click OK. The Edit Ethernet/Bus Interface dialog will open (Figure 4.14).
5.	Enter the IP for your machine and the netmask ...