On 6/12/05, THUFIR HAWAT <hawat.thufir@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 6/12/05, Michael A. Peters <mpeters@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sun, 2005-06-12 at 19:19 +0100, THUFIR HAWAT wrote: > > > > > > > > in terms of hardware, do I need a crossover cable? > > > > I don't know - I would suspect yes, but I don't know. > > If you do, then a hub would also work (as well as allowing other boxes > > to use your linux box as a gateway) > > > > Some linksys equipment is autosensing now and doesn't matter what cable > > you use. > > I have the internet connection (802.11b network adapter) plugged into > eth0. a hub is plugged into eth1. the PAP2 is plugged into the hub, > and a telephone into the hub. > > on boot I got a message about lost packets, but it went by too fast. > I've installed firestarter. I need to set up dhcp, perhaps. how do I > ping, or ipconfig the hub? > > > thanks, > > Thufir > [root@localhost thufir]# [root@localhost thufir]# yum list '*dhcp*' Setting up Repos base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 http://fedora-mirror.dkuug.dk/linux/core/updates/3/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. updates-released 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files base : ################################################## 2622/2622 updates-re: ################################################## 847/847 Installed Packages dhcp.i386 7:3.0.1-42_FC3 installed dhcpv6_client.i386 0.10-11_FC3 installed Available Packages dhcp-debuginfo.i386 7:3.0.1-42_FC3 updates-released dhcp-devel.i386 7:3.0.1-42_FC3 updates-released dhcpv6.i386 0.10-11_FC3 updates-released dhcpv6-debuginfo.i386 0.10-11_FC3 updates-released [root@localhost thufir]# so, I have all the software and hardware, now it's just a matter of configuration, ipconfig and whatnot? -Thufir
