Linux Networking

[Spider]

I had three computers networked under Win98. I have since installed Linux on one of them and I would like to get it onine with the other two. How is Linux networked? How do I set it up? I have changed nothing but the OS.

[Mntsnow]

Log in under the root account and go into netconf and from there you will need to enter the network information including the DNS server information

[mourikise]

I prefer using the 'linuxconf' program to setup network. Mandrake and Redhat include this in their distributions. One basic thing is to know the model of your network card. Then, you may have to play with the modprobe command to find the appropriate kernel module for you card. Generally, it's an easy procedure and it won't be very difficult to set it up. Besides, Linux IS networking!

[Spider]

My network card on this box is a LinkSys which is not one of the default choices. How do I select this card?

[mourikise]

You have to find the appropriate module. You'll have to performs some tests with the 'modprobe' command using different modules until you find the one that matches your card.

[DrW]

I believe most LinkSys cards use the tulip module. Once you have gotten your network set up with netconf or netconfig, you usually have to enter the following:

ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255
route add 192.168.1.2 dev eth0

Those are pretty basic settings since I have no clue how your network is set up. If you have a DHCP server on your net, you may want to make sure the client daemon (dhcpcd) is running if you are having IP assignment problems.

BTW, might I recommend using Slackware if you are planning on networking the box? It really is a lot easier to set up on a network than most other distros.

[This message has been edited by DrW (edited 01-06-2001).]

[Spider]

Thanks for the replies. I currently have Mandrake 6.1 installed on one of my computers. I have yet to config networking, printers and a few such things. I am not familiar with Slackware, though I did find some info on the Internet about it.

Is Slackware a program that would be used instead of something like Mandrake, or is it used with another program after Linux is installed?

Does Slackware work with the Promise Technologies Ultra 66 IDE controllers (a problem I have run into when trying to install on my new system)?

What about something like this which I found at TUCOWS:

2 KPackViewer

Platform: Linux - KDE
Version Number: 0.70
Revision Date: 12-JUN-99
License: GPL
Byte Size: 225430
Home Page: http://www.momentus.com.br/users/hook/kpackviewer.html
Description: KPackViewer is a program which allows you to manage the major packages available to Linux including RPMs, Slackware, Debian, TarGZip, and more. This program tells you all the information about the package at a mouse click and will even translate the package into another format. This is a definite must have!

Another problem I have with the Slackware download is all the packages listed on the site I visited. I can’t find a download source (one file for example) where I can download the latest version in one crack. I don’t understand what all the packages are. The site I visited is http://www.slackware.com/info/. Do you have a source for Slackware you can recommend?

Thanks for taking the time to help me get started.

[Spider]

I am trying to get the Linux box networked so I can not only access the other computers, but the Internet as well. I am running AnalogX proxy on my main computer (Windows98) which allows my other computers Internet access through it. I don’t have a problem setting this up in Windows, but I cant find my way around Linux (yet). I cannot access the shared printer until the net functions properly. Any suggestions or resource suggestions (books, internet, etc) would be appreciated.

"ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255
route add 192.168.1.2 dev eth0"

I am using eth0 tulip 10.0.0.1 on main computer, 10.0.0.2 on Linux box (local IP addresses), 255.255.255.0 netmask, and I cant find a place for the rest.

[This message has been edited by Spider (edited 01-07-2001).]

[This message has been edited by Spider (edited 01-07-2001).]

[DrW]

Slackware is a separate distrobution from Mandrake. You really can't run it from Mandrake (though you could dual-boot if you really wanted to). I'd probably recommend staying with Mandrake since that is what you have up, and it is relatively user-friendly.

O'Reilly's Running Linux and Linux Network Administrator's Guide are probably the best two books that I know of for networking Linux. Otherwise, a quick search through www.google.com for Linux HOWTOs on the topic should bring up most info that you should need. The site I usually use for HOWTOs is www.linuxdoc.org .

I'll confess that I have never worked with the the AnalogX proxy server, so I may not be of too much help there. However, I can say that, if you are trying to print to a printer local to a Windows machine from a Linux machine, you will likely have to share it via Samba.

Your broadcast in the ifconfig command should be 10.0.0.255. So, to get the NIC up, and assuming that your NIC uses the tulip module, you will probably have to type:

insmod tulip
ifconfig eth0 10.0.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.0.0.255
route add default gw 10.0.0.1
route add 10.0.0.2 dev eth0

[This message has been edited by DrW (edited 01-09-2001).]

[Spider]

I tried ifconfig. I typed:

ifconfig eth0 10.0.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.0.0.255

at the "root# ..." command prompt and get the message "eth0: unknown interface: No such device". As I mentioned earlier, my NIC is a LinkSys 10/100. Apparently it is not being recognized. Any suggestions?

I'm not sure how to use modprobe. If I run modprobe -c, one item in the list is "alias eth0 off". Not sure what that means.

(How do I keep the window from scrolling to the end of the list. For example, in DOS I would use the /P or /P/W or MORE commands).