[Wylug-help] Starting a network connection

[john at bopa.co.uk]

The IP address is fine. What I can't figure out is how to enable the the LAN port. Is there any way to tell whether Linux can access my port?



Craig Hopkins <c.o.hopkins at gmail.com> wrote ..
> john at bopa.co.uk wrote:
> > I'm in a sticky situation having booted up from a Linux SystemRecueCD
> on laptop which has a dodgy disk, which I can't reboot for fear of losing
> data.
> >
> > I need to copy some data onto my lan but am unsure of how to get the
> network started. Do I need to enable the lan port before I use it? And
> is there any way to tell if it is enabled in the BIOS? 
> >   
> If you have a router that gives out IP addresses (or some similar 
> network), then "sudo dhclient eth0" should do the work for you and get
> you on the network. This will activate the card then try and get an IP
> address for you
> > I've run ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.5 netmask 255.255.255.0 but can't ping
> anything else on the network.
> >   
> Is this the IP range of the other machines on your network? If not, they
> may not be able to see each other
> 
> Craig