Confused
dattaway at attaway.net
dattaway at attaway.net
Tue Jul 2 04:00:07 CDT 2002
> how do I manually configure a ethernet card on redhat via the command
> console. I did not install X at all mainly because I didn't care to
> take up the space.. I want to install the drivers mainly.
I know what you mean. The graphical interfaces these days are
exponentially complex and setting up networking leaves me running back for
the command line ... I just type:
/sbin/dhcpcd
And start surfing the net...
That one command, whether run from any number of linux boot cd's, or a
fully installed system, will configure the card to my cablemodem, set the
nameservers, and all that other fun stuff I used to have to reasearch over
the phone. I love the command line. Always simple. Always there.
Speaking of command lines and the artistic nature of textual interfaces, I
highly recommend the links browser. Its lynx in 3D, but all tastefully
done in ascii.
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