connect CentOS(text mode) to Internet

[Arizz]

Hi,

I am currently running centOS in text mode from my Vbox and wanted to know how to connect to the internet. I gave all the info during the install but it does not seem to be working. So which command or commands should i use to connect the internet from my ethernet connection?

[reed9]

Are you using DHCP? If so, quick answer is

su -
dhclient eth0

Long answer: Howto Red hat enterprise Linux 5 configure the network card

[Arizz]

No unfortunately i am not using dhcp. I need to specify an ip adddress and the mask and the gateway with the dns........ wonder what the command could be.

[reed9]

The link I posted shows you how to edit the network script /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

With ifconfig you can do

ifconfig eth0 <ip address> netmask <netmask> up

and set the gateway with

route add default gw <gateway address>

And DNS can be set up in /etc/resolv.conf

[Arizz]

Oops that worked..... thank you so much!!!