Charles, Thanks for the pointer. I'll check out the How-to's section. It was well worth it. I may kick, and scream at my computer in the beginning but is was worth it. For any one reading this email - please do not give up. Regards, Roman Registered Linux Mandrake User [NIF2733] Charles A Edwards wrote: > Roman > You will probably need to download and instll the driver for your NIC. > Just go to www.3com.com I think you go to support and Linux drivers. > Glad to know you made it. Now you are an official member of the club. > > Charles > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Romanator" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 9:39 PM > Subject: [newbie] Try to add TCP/IP to Linux Mandrake 7.0 > > > Now that I have installed Linux Mandrake 7.0 on my D partition, I would > > like to be hooked up to the Internet. > > For some reason, I could not find the 3Com Ether link 10/100 PCI NIC ( > > 3C905C-TX) card. I also have the > > following information for TCP/IP Protocols: > > > > IP address: xx.xxx.xxx.xx > > Subnet Mask: 255.255.xxx.x > > Gateway: xx.xxx.xxx.x > > > > Host Name <- computer name > > Domain: > > (This is the .com name assigned by the @Home Service > > Domain Suffix Search Order: xx.x.x.xx > > xx.x.x.xx > > > > However, Linux has this listed in a couple of places. Has any one added > > their static IP addresses with success? > > I assume this has to be changed under ' root '. > > > > Roman > > > >
