Re: setting up network
On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 18:37:02 +0000, Pollywog <linux-debian@shadypond.com> wrote:
> I am planning to stay at a hotel which has Internet access but I know nothing
> about the IP addresses they use. I am assuming they use dhcp. If I know
> nothing of their network, what is the most convenient way to get my laptop
> connected? I am using KDE on a Debian Sarge system and my laptop is a
> Thinkpad (an old one) using a PCMCIA NIC.
>
I have yet to stay in a hotel that *didn't* use DHCP!
> I have pump and dhcp-client installed and also guessnet, but I have never used
> either of them.
So you currently use static IP addresses?
Have you got the card working on your laptop? If so, you can just type
"dhclient eth0" where eth0 is your network inteface. You can run
ifconfig to find out what the network interface is..
Cheers,
Al.
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