[Novices] network configuration

[Adam Tauno Williams]

Where exactly is this file?  Is it executable?

> I am having difficulty with network activation on RH 7.3 on my pentium 
> laptop.  I have created a profile for my wireless card with Gedit as noted:
> USERCTL=No
> PEERDNS=yes
> GATEWAY=
> ONBOOT=no
> TYPE=Wireless
> DHCP_HOSTNAME=
> IPADDR=
> DEVICE=eth0
> HWADDR=00:02:2d:50:88:0b
> BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> DOMAIN=
> NETMASK=
> ESSID=WLAN
> CHANNEL=2
> MODE=Managed
> KEY=
> RATE=11Mb/s
> 
> The network configuraton gui recognizes the card and allows me to 
> configure it, but will not allow me to activate it.  When "acitvate" is 
> clicked nothing happens. 
> I have tried ifup eth0 and get the message "/sbin/ifup: Configuration 
> for eth0 not found"  
> What all needs to configured for a wireless network.