a more simple question?

[Karen Lewellen]

Hi,
no it is wired.
I saved the wireless stuff for my dos laptop.
The in theory meaning that Linux would just load network drivers even if 
not installed on a machine with a network?
That makes sense actually.  when we put the hard drive in, debian found or 
basically at least, the hardware in the computer.  I have a dec-talk 
express  for the Linux box,  and all the modules loaded just fine.
We shall find out on Saturday then.
thanks, really!
Kare

On Mon, 4 Mar 2013, Tim Chase wrote:

>> if we just connect the network card to the new dsl modem
>> and boot up the Linux box, will it load the drivers it may
>> need for that hardware automatically?
>
> In theory, it should already have drivers for your network
> card and be configured to (1) notice that the network cable
> has been plugged in, and (2) default to using DHCP to talk
> to your router.
>
> If not, there are additional diagnostics one can check to
> ensure that you have a network card that Linux supports, and
> that nobody configured the machine for a static IP address
> in favor of a dynamic one.  If it uses wireless rather than
> wired connections, that is a whole other mess.
>
> -tim
>
> _______________________________________________
> Blinux-list mailing list
> Blinux-list at redhat.com
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
>
>