wow, thanks, all - i made changes to /etc/network/interfaces and got right on! away goes linuxconf!
G _________________________________________________________________________ | // G l e n n B e c k e r | | // I don't wanna kill my china pig. | // -- Captain Beefheart | | // [EMAIL PROTECTED] | _________________________________________________________________________| At 10:46pm on Thu, 8 Feb 2001, MaD dUCK wrote: > also sprach Glenn Becker (on Thu, 08 Feb 2001 10:39:10PM -0500): > > Someone in the #Debian channel on openprojects.net mentioned the linuxconf > > package, which I unf did not have installed. I finally got it installed > > (from CD) but it so far has not allowed me to connect out (I'm on the > > wife's Mac typing this, how embarassing ...heh). > > don't use linuxconf, it's among the worst things ever produced for > linux. instead, do a > > man interfaces > > and configure /etc/network/interfaces accordingly... > > martin > > [greetings from the heart of the sun]# echo [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1:[EMAIL > PROTECTED]@@@.net > -- > "it's not easy, being green." > -- kermit the frog >