[oclug] [newbie] help networking old 486 Thinkpad running debian 2.1

[Peter Timusk]

thanks Brenda

ifconfig shows this

lo			Link encap:Local Loopback
			inet addr : 127.0.0.1 Bcast : 127.255.255.255 Mask: 255.0.0.0
			UP LOOPBACK BROADCAST RUNNING MTU:3584 metric: 1
			RX packets: 0 errors: 0 dropped: 0 overruns: 0 frame: 0
			TX packets: 0 errors: 0 dropped: 0 overruns: 0 carrier: 0
			Collisions: 0

that's it

is this set wrong because of the local host entry for Bcast?

should inet be returning 192.168.0.1?

thanks for any help

happy mother's day to the mothers out there.


On Apr 27, 2004, at 3:00 PM, Jim Little wrote:

> Quoting Peter Timusk:
>
> [..major snippage..]
>
>> I really want to re-establish the network connection but again don't
>> know much about networking. Why does debian not connect any more?
>
> You will need to provide some more information before anyone can help
> you.  What do you see when you type:
>
> ifconfig -a
>
Peter Timusk, B.Math, just trying to stay linear.