A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > Thanks Phil and Hubert for responding! I've loaded the module (ne.o) and > ran the ifconfig command with success (with your help)! Can either one of > you guys or anybody else in debian land tell me what HOWTO document I can > use to help me with my next step(s)... i.e. should I ping my address? I've > tried it already and it fails.
Probably because you didn't put in any routes to get to the local network. Try running this command, and then pinging your address: route add -net 192.168.0.0 dev eth0 -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein