This simpleton needs help again! desktop: Mandrake 9.2 PowerPack - stock kernel 2.4.22-10 laptop: Mandrake 9.2 download edition - empkernel 2.4.22
I have a desktop system connected via a D-Link cable modem to BlueYonder and an EmperorLinux laptop with an Orinoco wireless network card. In nine months I have never got round to networking the laptop but I did get a Belkin broadband/DSL gateway router. After nine months I think it is time I used it. The problem is I cannot find any simple instructions anywhere to guide me through the install and I have spent many hours googling, and checking archived emails and HOWTOs on the disk. The first step would be to connect the desktop through the router but what is required? Would DrakConnect help? I don't want to try it until I am sure what to do otherwise I could be cut off from the list. I believe that the desktop should be assigned a local inet address - I don't know what configuration file to edit for this or what address range to use. The router has its own inet address which can be used to access the onboard web based interface and I assume it would need the inet and MAC addresses of the network cards. I am hoping that the new MAC address will be registered with BlueYonder automatically when the router is plugged in (?). -- Len Lawrence ---------------------------------------------------------- The two things that can get you into trouble quicker than anything else are fast women and slow horses. ----------------------------------------------------------
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