From: Randall Parker 

Joe Hunt wrote:


> You can leave your linux box configured to accept an ip address via
> DHCP, but use your Netgear firewall to reserve an ip address for it,
> so that it never changes.  By default, your Netgear uses 192.168.0/24
> and so you should tell it to reserve an ip address in this range (say,
> 192.168.0.10 for discussion purposes).

I'm guessing that was supposed to be 0/254.

> With your browser, log into your firewall
> (http://www.routerlogin.net), from main menu, advanced, LAN IP setup,
> click add at the bottom of the screen, enter the ip address in the
> appropriate box, enter your linux ethernet card's MAC address in the
> appropriate box, click apply.

They also ask for Device Name. Their help says "and Device Name of the
computer you wish to add". Okay, maybe I assigned a name to the Linux
box when I installed Linux. But I do not remember doing so. Where would I
go to do that?

>
> (from a command prompt, /sbin/ifconfig eth0 will show your MAC
> address, assuming ifconfig is located the same place as in Slackware,
> and assuming that your ethernet card in the linux box is eth0)
>

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