Games Server Help

[vanhela]

Hi all I am after Network setup help
For the past 4 years me and some of my gaming mates pay for our games server to be hosted at a local isp.
Now the server was running redhat 6 before its hard disk died so we replaced redhat 6 with redhat 9 Onto a new HDD. Now the games are set up fine and it works from a home internet connection through a router set to DMZ to its LAN IP address but we have to set it back up to match the ISP set up.
So through the GUI if possible were do I find the settings to set up the Broadcast address and ip and so forth I can only find eth0 which is the normal LAN IP ,subnet mask , gateway and DNS. I think the ISP said that I have 3 ip address to add so we can plug the server back in at their end.
Any one have any ideas ???

[Roxoff]

The GUI tool is named 'redhat-config-network' I believe, if you run it from a command prompt in X it should pop up a box. If I'm right, then the GUI element will provide a tabbed dialog box, and this should let you control stuff. I cant remember all that clearly, because RH9 dates from 1999, and it's been a very long time since I've seen it.

As far as the broadcast address goes, it's really just the network address with all the rest of the bits set to one, so if your network uses 192.168.1.0/24 then the broadcast address is 192.168.1.255.

HTH

[vanhela]

The ISP will supply the three address like eg 202.147.68.154 # 202.147.68.155 # 202.147.68.156 theses are the wan address open to the world so there no routing. I think the 155 IP is the ip that gamers see on there server scanners and the broadcast is ether the 154 or 156. As for the last ip have no idea what the last one is for. Sorry i can’t explain this any better as the person at the ISP here that's supplying me with the address was kinda vage and said he will email me the correct ip address for me to add them to the server then i take the server to their site and they will plug it back into their rack which they control its throughput meter its usage for billing.
I looked for the 'redhat-config-network' and found an icon called redhat network configuration but get lost around there because i cant find any thing that type X. There is a http server setting but i cant see how that would help.

[Roxoff]

What you have there is a static IP address supplied by your ISP. You can only use the middle one. The lower one is your 'network address', and the upper one is your 'broadcast address'. Your netmask is 255.255.255.252.

You should safely be able to use x.x.x.155 for your game server.

[vanhela]

Ok now it’s starting to make sense
I rang the ISP today for my ip address but he’s flat out on faults so and said later next week so I tried to quiz him on the ips.
He said I will be supplied 4x ip address in a row for me to add in to our server. So I’m back on the track looking for this location. Under etho I have ip, subnet, and gateway, I still need to fine were the 'broadcast address' setting is
Do I have to add some more server service’s under options to gain access to extra settings. I all ready have ftp and telnet working. ?.

[Roxoff]

You dont have to set the broadcast address. Take your base IP address in binary, logical AND it with your subnet mask, and logical OR it with the compliment of your subnet mask. That's your broadcast address, i.e. its the highest IP address you'll get in your block.