[Gllug] simple network setup

[Darran D. Rimron-Molloy]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gllug-admin at linux.co.uk
> [mailto:gllug-admin at linux.co.uk]On Behalf
> Of Chris Bell
> Sent: 20 January 2002 09:33
> To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] simple network setup
>
>
> On Sat 19 Jan, john gennard wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to setup a very small home network, and badly
> > need some help. I've read a great deal, thought I
> > understood most of the basics and now find I don't know
> > where to start.
> >
>
>    There seem to be plenty of people who get to the same
> position, then
> slowly grind to a crawl as they get buried in mountains of
> information until
> they find the correct man-page, by which time they have forgotten the
> details from all the others. It certainly happens to me, I am
> trying to
> build a comprehensive network and learn more at home in North Acton.
>    Realtek use standard off-the-shelf components, but have
> not always kept
> to one chip type for a given card, so I sometimes need to try a few
> possibilities listed by Debian. Look for clues in the print
> on the main
> chip. Debian will normally just refuse if you try to instal the wrong
> driver, keep trying until you find the correct one.

Failing that, boot from a deadrat install floopy and see what happens,
that's normally quite good at guessing the shit.

Remember to hit reset before it gets around to doing anything
interesting, like cfisk :)

	-D



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