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14 Feb

Activate IP Forwarding


echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

27 Nov

Configure the default gateway


route add -net 0/0 gw IP_Gateway

16 Nov

Show link status of all interfaces


ip link show

14 Sep

Configure IP Address using the ifconfig command


ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0

30 Dec

Get the external IP of your system – useful if you have a dynamic ip…


curl -s checkip.dyndns.org|sed -e 's/.*Current IP Address: //' -e 's/<.*$//'

22 Dec

Find the IP address of all the active interfaces.


ifconfig | egrep -o '^[a-z0-9]{1,12}|inet addr:[0-9.]+'

16 Dec

DDClient is a tool that lets you auto update your ip with services like dyndns.org. This is how you install it…

Download http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=116817

Extract the downloaded file
Open that folder in a terminal and run these commands as root to install the software…

cp ddclient /usr/sbin/
mkdir /etc/ddclient
cp sample-etc_ddclient.conf /etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf
vi /etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf

Now edid the config file as you need.