Quote Originally Posted by LinuxDistros.CJB.NET
When I run netcardconfig i get a window called Usage for Xdialog.
It looks like a man page for Xdialog with switch options.
Does this not look related to networking.

Stephen, the seti that I want to run will be on systems that are 486 - PIIIs and P4s. Does it matter that it says i686?
That's an error in the netcard script it brings up the dialog to pretty much tell you that you have screwed up. I don't know if it will work on a 486 but I have it running on an old Cyrix 200 that I also have so it will run on a pentium.

To configure your network the settings are in /etc/network/interfaces and the nameservers are in /etc/resolv.conf examples:

/etc/network/interfaces

static
Code:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.0.254
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        network 192.168.0.0
        broadcast 192.168.0.255
        gateway 192.168.0.1
dhcp
Code:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
/etc/resolv.conf
Code:
nameserver 192.168.1.10
nameserver 192.168.1.34
Edit the files to something similar for your setup and /etc/init.d/networking restart as root in a console window will re-start the network with the new settings