Hi Manoj, The very simple answer for ur query is to start the service as given below. # service network start or #/etc/init.d/network start I know u will not be satisfied with this. :) Just google for "Linux Device Drivers" of Alessandro Rubini. Its a good book. Regards, Shine Mohamed Jabbar On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 10:21, manoj.thakkar@wipro.com wrote: > Hi All, > I am new to n/w programming know tht its a very basic question. > will be thankful if anybody can give me a simple example or any docs > links for the same > > Thanks & Best Regards > Manoj Thakkar > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/