Rico
Certified Guru
Hi Don,
Considering I don't know what the route command is (assuming it's not some operation of ifconfig) I think I should definitely read a book. But my point was that if it requires a certain amount of Linux knowledge and Mandrake won't auto-configure it then Steve-O probably shouldn't consider it (as he said ... if it causes him trouble, he'd prefer to stick with Win98... perhaps he's not the type who is willing to learn all of Linux's commands and such). Then again, Mandrake might configure it and I just plain suck.
The problems I basically had were (on the Windows side) - the client computer boots but recieves no internet connection. Sometimes it recieves the network connection. Sometimes the network connection works both ways, sometimes one way. Then for a long stretch all is fine. This, from a network cable that is now working with a router flawlessly. Very odd, but I don't seem to be the only one
On the other hand Linux is really easy and worthwhile to learn once you've gotten past the installation stage. It might be that configuring the network is, like Don says, stupidly easy and you need only look up one HOWTO or ask the board and it'll be solved. Most tasks in Linux, once it's set up, are fairly painless. Especially with a good package manager.
Considering I don't know what the route command is (assuming it's not some operation of ifconfig) I think I should definitely read a book. But my point was that if it requires a certain amount of Linux knowledge and Mandrake won't auto-configure it then Steve-O probably shouldn't consider it (as he said ... if it causes him trouble, he'd prefer to stick with Win98... perhaps he's not the type who is willing to learn all of Linux's commands and such). Then again, Mandrake might configure it and I just plain suck.
The problems I basically had were (on the Windows side) - the client computer boots but recieves no internet connection. Sometimes it recieves the network connection. Sometimes the network connection works both ways, sometimes one way. Then for a long stretch all is fine. This, from a network cable that is now working with a router flawlessly. Very odd, but I don't seem to be the only one
On the other hand Linux is really easy and worthwhile to learn once you've gotten past the installation stage. It might be that configuring the network is, like Don says, stupidly easy and you need only look up one HOWTO or ask the board and it'll be solved. Most tasks in Linux, once it's set up, are fairly painless. Especially with a good package manager.