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This describes permanent Linux network interface settings. That is, settings so that they will be restored after a reboot.

After you make changes you will need to restart the networking subsystem to make the changes active:

/etc/init.d/networking restart

DHCP

iface eth0 inet dhcp

How to permanently set static IP in Ubuntu

Edit the file:

 /etc/network/interfaces 

Edit the section for your primary network interface. Example for setting up 192.168.1.66:

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
    address 192.168.1.66
    netmask 255.255.255.0
    gateway 192.168.1.1

Restart the network layer:

/etc/init.d/networking restart

How to set static IP in RedHat

All network config files are in this directory:

 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts

Each interface will have its own file named after the infterface:

 ifcfg-eth0
 ifcfg-eth1
 ifcfg-lo

The contents of a minimal ifcfg-eth0 file looks like this (GATEWAY may not be needed if you are just setting up a LAN between a few machines):

DEVICE=eth0
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=10.1.0.1
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
GATEWAY=10.0.0.1

You need to restart the network system to have the new settings take effect:

 # service network restart

Broadcast

You don't need to worry about the broadcast address (or Bcast). By default, it is set to the interface address bitwise OR'ed with the inverse of the netmask.