non static IP

kee kee · 04-24-2012, 01:12 PM

At home I have Comcast internet. If I install Red Hat linux Enterprise at home computer, then I don't have static IP.
How do I configure the networking in order to be on internet ?
Any URL pointer that point out the solutions?
Thanks a lot.

sirius12 · 04-24-2012, 01:18 PM

I think you can configure the network with DHCP. I don't familiar with Comcast internet.

TommyC7 · 04-24-2012, 02:56 PM

I don't quite understand but this is what I think you're saying (please correct me if I'm wrong):

You have a RHEL Home Computer right now. Your router gives out dynamic IP addresses and you want to be able to give your RHEL computer a static IP so that it can listen to ports on the WAN for people to access (e.g. port 80 for a webpage).

frankbell · 04-24-2012, 08:47 PM

This link will help you set up a static IP address for your local computer.

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-c...ress-tutorial/

Once you have a static ip in your local domain, you can configure port forwarding you your router to direct external calls to port 80 (and other ports) to that computer.

You can use a dynamic DNS provider such as Dyn.com or no-ip.com to make your server available to the web. I did that for several years with no-ip.com, when I self-hosted my website, before I moved out of Comcast territory.

No-ip.com has excellent help files on how to do this (I can't speak for Dyn since I've never used them).

kee kee · 04-25-2012, 11:11 AM

No, I am not going to use Static IP because I don't have. At home, I have Comcast Internet, so I don't have static IP address. I am saying how to configure the network in order to go on-line, such as using Firefox etc.

Thank you.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TommyC7

I don't quite understand but this is what I think you're saying (please correct me if I'm wrong):

You have a RHEL Home Computer right now. Your router gives out dynamic IP addresses and you want to be able to give your RHEL computer a static IP so that it can listen to ports on the WAN for people to access (e.g. port 80 for a webpage).

kee kee · 04-25-2012, 11:14 AM

I don't have a static IP address, I don't think so, but I can double check again. Since I have Comcast Internet.
Can I follow your link http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-c...ress-tutorial/ to
make my home computer with Red Hat Linux working and brows Internet, such as Firefox internet ?
Thanks.

Quote:

Originally Posted by frankbell

This link will help you set up a static IP address for your local computer.

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-c...ress-tutorial/

Once you have a static ip in your local domain, you can configure port forwarding you your router to direct external calls to port 80 (and other ports) to that computer.

You can use a dynamic DNS provider such as Dyn.com or no-ip.com to make your server available to the web. I did that for several years with no-ip.com, when I self-hosted my website, before I moved out of Comcast territory.

No-ip.com has excellent help files on how to do this (I can't speak for Dyn since I've never used them).

273 · 04-25-2012, 01:00 PM

If you just want to browse the web with firefox and similar you do not need a static IP address. Redhat should get an IP address through DHCP in the same way Windows does so if you can get on the internet with Windows you should be able to with Redhat.

frankbell · 04-25-2012, 08:30 PM

What 273 said is correct. You do not need a static ip to access the internet.

If you are behind a router and am unable to browse the internet with your computer, there is likely something that needs to be adjusted with your computer's network settings. Without knowing more about your configuration and the problem you are encountering, we can do little more than guess. And guesses are unlikely to help.

If you wish more productive help, please provide more detail.