Advanced Network Settings

Edit the files below as root. For changes to take effect, restart the network with etc/init.d/network restart.

You may need the following:

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethn

Edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethn, where n specifies the ethernet port number, usually 0 for the first on-board port. If your workstation has an add-on ethernet card installed, the Linux operating system may assign ports eth0 through eth3 to the add-on card. In this case, the on-board Ethernet ports become eth4 and eth5. You may need to set the following:

Sample snippet from ifcfg-ethn: 
DEVICE="eth0"
BOOTPROTO="static"
IPADDR="192.168.1.100"
NETMASK="255.255.0.0"
ONBOOT="yes"
GATEWAY=192.168.0.1

/usr/discreet/cfg/network.cfg

This file is only available after the installation of the Autodesk product. See the comments in the file itself for examples.

network.cfg parameters
UUID
The workstation's Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) is automatically generated by the application installer. Once assigned, the UUID should never be edited as it uniquely identifies the workstation and the resource it controls. Having different workstations using the same UUID will result in conflicts.
DisplayName

The DisplayName is the human-readable equivalent of the UUID and is the name displayed in the UI to identify the workstation. Does not have to be unique, but it helps if all effects and finishing workstations on a network use a different DisplayName so the users can know which is which. On Linux, this will usually map by default to the current hostname.

Metadata
Comma separated list of the local network interfaces to be used for metadata operations. Metadata operations are usually small IO operations that may degrade performance when done on a high speed network adapter when a lower speed adapter can be used instead. The order of the interfaces in the list is the order in which they will be tried. If left empty, all active interfaces will be used.
Data
Comma separated list of the local network interfaces to be used for large data operations. The order of the interfaces in the list is the order in which they will be tried. If left empty, all active interfaces will be used.
Multicast
Comma separated list of the local network interfaces to be used to limit multicast/discovery operations. If left empty, all active interfaces that support multicast will be used. In a facility where all machines are connected to the same networks (a house network and a high speed network for example), multicasting could only be done on one network to reduce traffic.
Port
The UDP port to use for self-discovery. This value must be the same for every workstation on your network. Default: Port=7555.
Scope
Scope of the multicast. Consult your network administrator. For a network with one subnet, Link Local (224.0.0.1) should be used, with TTL = 1. For a network with more than one subnet, use a scope appropriate to your network requirements and router configuration; you also need to edit the TTL value. The scope value must be the same for every workstation on your network.
TTL
Multicast TTL (Time-To-Live) further refines the scope of the multicast. This tells the router how to deal with Self-Discovery, and works together with the "Scope". The TTL value must be the same for every workstation on your network.

/etc/sysconfig/network

Sample snippet from /etc/sysconfig/network. 

NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=workstation1
GATEWAY="10.1.0.25" // The GATEWAY value is used if no GATEWAY is defined in a network port’s configuration file.

/etc/hosts

You may need to edit the loopback setting which may look like 127.0.0.1 vxfhost.localhost.localdomain localhost by default. Optionally add hostname / IP address pairs for other workstations on your network. Sample snippet from file: 

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.0.100 workstation1