NIC?!!!(Linux n00b)

[Penguin4x4]

OK, it shows 'tulip' and 'Used By 1, (autoclean)'

That sound good?

Weird thing is is the card itself isn't showing up in the hardware profiles,

 

[XWRed1]

What tcp/ip settings do you want for it? Just do `ifconfig eth0 <ip-address> netmask <netmask> up` in a terminal where you are su'd to root, then do `route add default gw <ip-address> netmask 0.0.0.0 metric 1` in the same manner to set your gateway.

 

[Penguin4x4]

What tcp/ip settings do you want for it? Just do `ifconfig eth0 <ip-address> netmask <netmask> up` in a terminal where you are su'd to root, then do `route add default gw <ip-address> netmask 0.0.0.0 metric 1` in the same manner to set your gateway.

Actually its a Gateway as in Gateway 2000 Computer Corp.,

 

[XWRed1]

Do you know how you want your network configuration to be?

 

[Penguin4x4]

I am simply planning on sharing a DSL connection via Router.

 

[XWRed1]

But you have no idea of what ip addresses or any other things involving tcp/ip you're going to use?

 

[Penguin4x4]

Not yet

 

[Penguin4x4]

I have a dynamic IP address; Shouldn't the router handle the DHCP??

 

[DarkArctic]

Assuming that the router will hand out IP addresses via DHCP (which it should) then you need to type in 'dhcpcd eth0'. That should fetch you an IP address.

-DarkArctic

 

[Penguin4x4]

What tcp/ip settings do you want for it? Just do `ifconfig eth0 <ip-address> netmask <netmask> up`

What is <netmask> stand for?

 

[XWRed1]

It stands for your netmask. The netmask tells the computer how many bits of the ip are used for the network address. The computer assumes that the other bits are used to represent hosts on that network.