Problem about ip configuration

[Bojevnik]

Here is the situation: i connect to internet through router.
The problem is i dont know how to set it up so i can choose my own ip.

Here is what i've done so far
in rc.inet1.conf i modified
IPADDR[0]="IP i want to have"
NETMASK[0]="255.255.255.0"
USE_DHCP=""

GATEWAY="My routers IP"
The rest of the file was left unchanged.

IThis should be correct. The problem comes when i need to configure DNS.
I have played around with resolv.conf, but with no succes. So what do i have to do set up desired ip?

[Freston]

Welcome to the forums!

Part of the problem here is the router. Did you set it up through the web interface to accept static IP addresses?

DNS, indeed, is configured through /etc/resolv.conf. Once you stop using DHCP you will probably need to configure this manually. Perhaps the old config still is in place though, then you can skip this.
Otherwise you can try this:

# OpenDNS
nameserver 208.67.222.220
nameserver 208.67.220.222

But as said, the most important thing is to tell the router to accept static IP-addresses rather than DHCP.

[Bojevnik]

thank you it worked.

Also aquick question:
How can you test net configuration withouth restarting pc?

[Freston]

thank you it worked.

Also aquick question:
How can you test net configuration withouth restarting pc?

Just restarting the services:

/etc/rc.d/rc.inetd restart        # This one isn't always necessary
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 restart

[Bojevnik]

Thanks again