There are three basic ways to get networking up.
DHCP: If you are on a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) network, type:
pump
Your computer will come up, find an IP address from the remote server, and off you go.
Normal IP: Normal IP networks are brought up with ifconfig, something like this:
ifconfig eth0 10.0.0.17 up route add default gw 10.0.0.1
Dial-up: Dial-up connections can be quite tricky. Here is what we have used successfully via ppp in the recent past:
pppd /dev/ttyS0 38400 file /tmp/pppfile
This requires the file '/tmp/pppfile' which should look like this:
ttyS0 57600 crtscts connect '/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /tmp/ppp-details' noauth 165.247.220.135: ipcp-accept-remote ipcp-accept-local debug hide-password
Which in turn requires the file '/tmp/ppp-details' which should look something like this:
ABORT "NO CARRIER" ABORT "NO DIALTONE" ABORT "ERROR" ABORT "NO ANSWER" ABORT "BUSY" ABORT "Username/Password Incorrect" "" "at" OK "at&d0&c1" OK "atdt82,6050177" "login:" "[PLACE YOUR UID INFORMATION HERE]" "word:" "\q[PLACE YOUR PASSWORD HERE]" #"ispts" "\q^Uppp" #"~-^Uppp-~"
Please note that different ISPs use different user ID specifications. One of the ones I use requires '[xxx]' before the user ID. Check with your ISP top be certain, or do what I did... I used a Windows computer to login to the ISP via dial-in and sniffed the packets using the Bootable CD.
More details on the use of pump, ifconfig, and route are provided by typing: "help pump", "help ifconfig". or "help route".