Re: Please help with Networking
Alan thanks for advice but i'm a linux/unix newbie
you lost me after the network card
1. make sure that your network card is supported--yes
>2. make sure kernel has support enabled (compiled in or module)--how to
check??
>3. setup ip & host in /etc/hosts-how to set up??
>4. setup dns in /etc/resolv.conf--how to set up?
>5. reboot - check that route is not setup for you--how to check??
>5a. setup route, like (on debian, it's etc/init.d/network), find the file
by grepping on "ifconfig lo"--grepping??
>
> ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
> route add -net 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0
-----Original Message-----
From: Allan M. Wind <wind@freewwweb.com>
To: Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd <auswetblu@magnet.com.au>
Date: Thursday, 26 November 1998 9:27
Subject: Re: Please help with Networking
>On 1998-11-26 08:21, Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd wrote:
>> I wish to connect my debian pc to our office network (on co-ax cable peer
to peer all other machines running W98) firstly, is this possible and if
so how?
>>
>> My /etc/init.d/network file says:
>> #! /bin/sh
>> ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
>> route add -net 127.0.0.0
>>
>> One of the reasons i need to connect is that the Debian machine is a
laptop and only has a fd drive and i need to connect to a cd rom drive
across the network.
>> Thanks in advance for any help
>
>1. make sure that your network card is supported
>2. make sure kernel has support enabled (compiled in or module)
>3. setup ip & host in /etc/hosts
>4. setup dns in /etc/resolv.conf
>5. reboot - check that route is not setup for you
>5a. setup route, like (on debian, it's etc/init.d/network), find the file
by grepping on "ifconfig lo"
>
> ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
> route add -net 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0
>
>Enjoy!
>
>
>/Allan
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