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Open a terminal window and proceed with the following:

 sudo vi /etc/sysconfig/network
NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=machinename.ece.utexas.edu
GATEWAY=128.83.xxx.xxx
 sudo vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

Note:  if there are more than one network adaptersadapter, you will see multiple interfaces, (e.g. ifcfg-eth1, ifcfg-eth2, etc).  Select the one that requires a static configuration.

DEVICE=eth0 
BOOTPROTO=STATIC
DHCPCLASS=
HWADDR=00:30:48:56:A6:77
IPADDR=192.168.0.5 
NETMASK=255.255.255.0 
ONBOOT=yes

Setting up DNS

To cause your machine to consult with a particular server for name lookups, you simply add their addresses to /etc/resolv.conf 

 sudo vi /etc/resolv.conf

enter the following details  

 search ece.utexas.edu
 domain ece.utexas.edu
 nameserver 128.83.185.41 
 nameserver 128.83.185.40

Restart the networking service

sudo /etc/init.d/network stop 
sudo /etc/init.d/network start