> prevent you from setting up your network card successfully unless your > card is supported by the list on the CD.
that's it - it's not supported. > Have you tried using modconf and selecting other network cards to see if > there's another 3COM listing you can use? none of the others seem to work - the install just hangs. > Can you at least ping the network or your own machine's IP address? nope, not yet. On Sat, 18 Nov 2000, sc wrote: > On 11/18/00 3:21 PM, urbanyon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >i am using a cdrom that came with the book 'learning debian gnu/linux' > >(oreilly). various packages that even the book tells i need are not on > >there. > > I've done installations from that CD before on LAN network connected > systems successfully. There shouldn't be anything missing from the CD to > prevent you from setting up your network card successfully unless your > card is supported by the list on the CD. > > >i am connecting to the 'net via a > >dsl-type connection, using a netopia router. the network card in the > >potential debian machine is a 3com PCI card, model # 3CSOHO100-TX. > > Have you tried using modconf and selecting other network cards to see if > there's another 3COM listing you can use? > > >here are my questions: > > > >1. is there a program that i can use to set up a 'net connection using my > >NIC? > > This was an option in the installation process if I'm not mistaken where > it asks you what's the main way you'll be connecting to the Internet or > if you computer is on a network already. Then you enter in all the > relevant info (IP address, router info, etc.) You could modify the > network files by hand though. > > >2. do i need to do anything to check that the NIC is, in fact, installed? > > Can you at least ping the network or your own machine's IP address? > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >