Ok, here is a challenge for you guys:

I have a friend who is trying to connect to the internet via a lan. He has tried the following cards on his Linux distro(Redmond):


3c905b-Tx
3c905-Tx Boomerang
HP-100 3c905-Tx


How would he go about setting it up to connect to the internet via the lan (The lan is on windows, if that matters).



[ This Message was edited by: kpyro on 2002-04-19 02:54 ]

if he has a distro like SuSE, Mandrake or Redhat he should consult his handbook, it'll be explained in a few easy steps in there, using graphical utilities.

If config utilities are not an option for him, he should figure out what kernel module he needs for his card. Assuming his card works with the "ne2k-pci", he'd do (as root)

modprobe ne2k-pci

which will load the driver. Then he should do
ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1, setting up the loopback device, and then
ifconfig eth0 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the adress he wants to assign to the the ethernet card.

If he's using a router to connect to the internet, he'll need to set up a default gateway:

route add default gw xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the ip of his router.

Somebody correct me if I forgot something, but I think that should do.

[ This Message was edited by: fsvara on 2002-04-19 22:09 ]

there also is a script in most distors that loads the needed modules if not done so before.... I just dun remember the name, sorry
maybe "dhcp-client" can help ya out too
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in debian you can use modconf to choose from a list of available network drivers.

and, the good thing is that it won't insert the drivers for the device it can't find
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Great, I don't need any more help he fixed it somehow...

he? it? what?
:/
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