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Eth0 is not active at Linux Fedora Startup

Posted on December 7, 2008 by admin

Sometimes even though you have configure such that “Activate device when computer starts” for eth0 in Linux Fedora, it appears to do nothing – eth0 is not active at startup. This maybe a bug with Fedora. One way to overcome … Continue reading →

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How to add static route to your Linux Fedora machine

Posted on December 1, 2008 by admin

To add a default route into your Linux box, route add -net 0.0.0.0 netmask 0.0.0.0 gw 10.0.0.1 However, if you only execute this command, the route will disappears if you reboot your system. So, what would be the best way … Continue reading →

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How Computer resolves hostname

Posted on November 25, 2008 by admin

Basically there are 2 ways in resolving hostname to IP address: 1. DNS 2. Host file The easiest way is to register a hostname in a DNS server. All computers in the network point the DNS server setting to this … Continue reading →

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IPv6 is the future!

Posted on August 15, 2008 by admin

The number of available IPv4 addresses is getting lesser and lesser today. Undoubtedly IPv6 is the future IP addressing standard. In fact, IPv6 is already implemented out of the box in OS like Microsoft Windows Vista, Linux. Not only that, … Continue reading →

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