Network Information & Monitoring Appliance User's Guide for Version 1
Installation
Adjusting System Settings
Network Information Programs
Network Monitoring Programs
Adjusting NIMA's System Settings
The Network Information & Monitoring Appliance was designed to work with most networks "Out of the Box", but as with anything related to computers, sometimes changes have to be made. This section will show you all of the configuration settings that you may need to adjust for your enviornment.
Adjusting System Settings
Changing Network Settings
NIMA's virtual network adapter is configured by default to grab an IP Address from a DHCP Server running on your network. If you do not utilize a DHCP Server, you can adjust the IP settings using this launcher.
Adjusting Network Settings
As you can see, the launcher simply opens a text editor with the network settings listed. To set a manual IP Address, simply uncomment the "config_eth0" line (remove the # number sign) and set your IP Address (and gateway address if needed). Once you are done, you must restart the network (see below).
Note: VMWare Player gives the option of running the Virtual Network adapter in "NAT Mode" instead of the default "Bridged Mode", if you set NIMA's virtual adapter in the "NAT Mode" some of the Virtual Machine's functionality will be lost.
Edit Application Menus
NIMA's underlying Window Manager, IceWM, provides an easy way to adjust the "Start Menu Programs". This launcher will open the menu configuration file in a text editor so you can easily adjust the "Start Menu". This is really only usefull if you install additional software into NIMA (see below).
Porthole Application Installer
NIMA's underlying Operating System, Gentoo Linux, provides an easy way to add and update software to the system. The Porthole Software Installer is a utility to manage all of the software on a Gentoo Linux system.
The Porthole Software Installer
The first time you launch Porthole, no applications will be listed, this was done to reduce the size of the NIMA Virtual Machine. To remedy this, simply hit the "Sync" button to download an updated software package list.
Restart Network
The Restart Network launcher is simply an easy way for you to execute the command "/etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart". You will want to execute this after you make any adjustments to your Network Settings.
Set Resolutions
The "Set 800x600 resolution" and "Set 1024x768 resolution" launchers are simply an easy way to increase/decrease the screen size of the NIMA Virtual Machine.
Set DNS Servers
The Set DNS Servers launcher provides an easy way to adjust which DNS Servers the NIMA Virtual Machine utilizes. The launcher will open the nameserver configuration file in a text editor to allow you to adjust which server to use.
Adjusting the DNS Servers
If the file is empty, simply add a line (or two) similar to "nameserver 192.168.0.1" and save the file, you should not need to restart the network after you set different nameserver, simply re-launch whatever application you need to use the new nameservers.
Note: This is not meant as a way to test different nameservers, there is a better way using the GNOME Network Tools application (see the Network Information Programs section of this User Manual).
VMWare Toolbox
The VMWare Toolbox launcher will launch VMWare's toolbox application to adjust various features reguarding this Virtual Machine.
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