SuSE Linux: Version 6.4
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You want to set up networking on your machine, but are not sure how to set up the network adapter.
On most machines, setting up the networking adapter is very simple. Support for Apple network cards is compiled into the kernel. To check if your card is already working, run the command:
ifconfig eth0
This should produce an output like this:
eth0 Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNINT MTU:3924 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
If everything looks okay here, the networking card is supported. If you see an output like this:
eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found
Then you will need to tell YaST which module to use. If you do not know what kind of networking card you have, run the command:
lspci -v | less
This will give you information about all of the pci interfaces on the machine, including your network adapter.
Follow these steps to configure your network, in either case:
init 1 (hit enter when all of the scripts have finished to get the prompt back) init 2
NOTE: If you have set up DHCP, and are having problems with it, get the updated dhclient package from:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/6.4/n1/dhclient.rpm