Setup ethernet connection

[Shao Zhang <shaoz@unsw.edu.au>]

Dear Debian Users,
	I need to setup an ethernet connection at work. I always use
debian at home, but never use it over a large LAN.

	Could someone please tell me how to setup an enthernet connection?
Is there a tool like Redhat's netcfg to do this? Or do I have to edit the
file /etc/init.d/network by hand?

	Also, could you please tell me what packages I will need in order
to use the ethernet connection?

	Thanks very much. This is my first job using linux, I really want
to impress my boss.

Regards,


Shao.

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Shao Zhang - Running Debian 2.1  ___ _               _____
Department of Communications    / __| |_  __ _ ___  |_  / |_  __ _ _ _  __ _ 
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Email: shaoz@unsw.edu.au                                                |___/ 
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