get out of X and as root type:
netconf
this should take you to the text mode of network configuration.
you'll have to enter everything in manually, but this should work.
Roger Sherman wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2 Oct 2000 20:20:13 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >try as superuser
> >ifup ethx where x is 0, 1, 2, etc
>
> OK, when I type in the above (exactly as written) this is what I get:
>
> usage" ifup <device name>
>
> >or go into DrakConf and do a network config you might have to pick out your
> >module try 3com 59x or something like that
>
> I went into that, but I didnt see anyplace to pick a module! Mark
> Weaver gave me some info, Im going to try that and see what happens.
> Also, Im reading reading reading. Im sure Ill get somewhere
> eventually, but a lot of the stuff Im seeing is either not quite what
> I need, or its written from the assumption of some technical knowledge
> on my part which doesnt yet exist...
>
> >
> >
> >On Mon, 02 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> >> OK, I've finally gone broadband! Life is good. Except for one thing -
> >> I'm still a completely ignorant newbie. I thought I had increased my
> >> own learning curve over the last month, but apparently not :-/
> >>
> >> Oh well...;-)
> >>
> >> So, anywho, I have a 3com Etherlink Nic card, (model 3C900B-TPO),
> >> along with the 3com HomeConnect cable modem. When I booted into linux
> >> after physically installing it, kudzu came up, and said it installed
> >> it, but Linux doesnt seem to see it.
> >>
> >> So, the long and short of this is, how do I configure this thing?
> >> Starting from installation, through configuring the network...if
> >> someone could just point me to a place where I could read about it,
> >> hopefully that was written for complete, total newbies to linux, that
> >> would be great.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >>
> >> peace,
> >>
> >> Rog
> >> http://www.slammingrooves.com
> >
>
> peace,
>
> Rog
> http://www.slammingrooves.com
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