debian ethernet setup

Hello
I just bought a 3Com ethernet card and a length of crossover CAT5. I put the
card in an old 486 and connected it to the built-in port on the back of my new
box. I'm trying to set up a simple network so that the two can communicate,
maybe I'll try setting up the 486 as an x-terminal in a bit. What do I do
(under Debian) to set up the interface? I hope I have given enough information
for everyone.

Thanks in advance
Digi

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In article <bgcld8$nle$(E-Mail Removed)>, Digi wrote:
> Hello
> I just bought a 3Com ethernet card and a length of crossover CAT5. I put the
> card in an old 486 and connected it to the built-in port on the back of my new
> box. I'm trying to set up a simple network so that the two can communicate,
> maybe I'll try setting up the 486 as an x-terminal in a bit. What do I do
> (under Debian) to set up the interface? I hope I have given enough information
> for everyone.

well the exact type of the 3com card would have been interesting so i
could perhaps provide info which driver module you would need to load for it,
but anyway.

if it is a 3c59x chip on the card you may just type

modconf

and select the 3c59x driver module from the net section. modconf will
load the driver module for you and ensure it gets loaded automatically.

if it is a different 3com chip just try which one can be loaded.

the next step is to edit /etc/network/interfaces and assign an ip
address to the card. read

man interfaces

to learn how to make the correct entries in that file. when you are done
with that file you may run

/etc/init.d/network restart
or simply
ifup eth0 (assuming that network card is the only one in your pc)

to start up eth0.


hth, armin

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