Problems with network configuration

Mark Phillips wrote:
> I am trying to setup one of my machines with a fixed internal IP address
> instead of getting one from DHCP. I used ifconfig to change the IP address
> for eth0, but how do I make it permanent? Every time I reboot, the machine
> gets the address from my router via DHCP.

In RH you have to edit the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX files to
change their setup permanently. I don't know where it is stored in other distros.