As a real quick experiment that won't do any harm you could as root or using sudo try ifconfig -a enter and if that shows you an eth0 port try ifconfig eth0 and see if the name of the ethernet card driver comes up. If so, I expect what Tim Chase told you will be accurate. On Mon, 4 Mar 2013, Karen Lewellen wrote: > 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@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- jude <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Remember Microsoft didn't write Tiger 10.4 or any of its successors. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list