Login as root (su) and execute "setup" (minus the
double quotes), then choose networking option to
setup/re-configure your network.

BTW, you will have to uncheck DHCP .... go thru the
above to properly configure your network with the
static IP.

-Rupesh

--- Blake Thornton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to get my network running.  My provider
> gave me an IP adress 
> (I'll call it ip.ip), a hostname (host.name), and a
> gate way (this was 
> only two numbers long, say 1.2).
> 
> So, I changed a few files: /etc/hosts,
> /etc/sysconfig/network
> For example:
> 
> $ cat hosts
> # Do not remove the following line, or various
> programs
> # that require network functionality will fail.
> 127.0.0.1             localhost.localdomain localhost
> ip.ip         host.name
> 
> 
> But, when I reboot (how do I restart networking?),
> DHCP kicks in and 
> assigns my IP differently then the IP I was given.
> 
> Do I need to turn off DHCP (if so how?).
> Is there anything else I'm missing?
> 
> Thanks
> I'm running redhat 7.2
> 
> Blake
> 
> 
> 
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