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 To add a new system IP address: - Login to the system shell as a root user
 - Edit the net file
 
 nano /etc/conf.d/net - Add the following lines (Change $IP and $NETMASK with appropriate values)
 
   config_eth1=( "$IP netmask $NETMASK brd $IP" )
routes_eth1=( "default gw $IP" )
 - Naviate to the init.d directory
 
 cd /etc/init.d - Configure and start the eth service
 
 ln -s net.lo net.eth1 rc-update add net.eth1 default /etc/init.d/net.eth1 start  
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