Re: Setup ethernet connection

1999-03-02 Thread Paul Nathan Puri
Ethernet is very easy: 1) make sure you have your kernel configured right (i.e., mod for your NIC). 2) add hosts to /etc/hosts 3) ifconfig 192.168.x.x netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.x.255 (a) do this on the host and the clients, 4) this should cover it. 5) read Ethernet-HOWTO.gz

Setup ethernet connection

1999-03-02 Thread Shao Zhang
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/