On Saturday 20 December 2003 10:26 am, Jeff Waltermire wrote: > Greetings All, > I am coming to Debian after using SUSE for a couple of years because > I want to easily update packages. I am very used to the YAST program > to help setup things. > > I have a cable modem and a D-Link 614+ router that work fine in SUSE > and WinXP. I would like to use that on my Debian Box but how do I > set up Debian to use my gateway of 192.168.0.1 (D-link router)? > Where do I setup that my eth0 as being 192.168.0.6/255.255.255.0 on > my LAN? > > Sorry for such newbie questions. I have poked around the /etc/ > directory and even ran an "ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.6 netmask > 255.255.255.0 -up at a root command prompt but it returned something > like "ifconfig command not recognized." > > Any help is much appreciated. > > Jeff
I pretty much use DHCP even though I have an external router as well. I find that to be the easiest solution to home networking. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]