Setting up network

[Bill Tetens]

The computer has only one NIC card.  The DSL modem is connected to a 
router that is connected to all the computers on the network including 
the linux machine.  All computers are set to acquire an IP address 
automatically.

Don't know how to ping with linux and how to get the IP address of the 
other computers which are a mixture of windows OS's

I do not know how to get the info of the output of the irconfig -a and 
netstat -nr.  Like I said I am a total newbie on Linux.

Thanks

ml at ps102.de wrote:
> Hey Bill,
> 
> 
> 
>>I just got a FC2 computer up and running.  It is attached to a small 
>>home network which is attached to the internet by DSL.  The linux 
>>computer connects to the internet and operates perfectly.  My problem
>>is that it does not see any of the computer on the net work.  How can
>>I configure the computer to see the other computers.
> 
> 
> 
> first check if you have two network interface cards. One should be
> connected with the DSL-Modem and the other should be connected to the
> switch/hub of your home-network.
> 
> The later should have an ip address of your home network and should
> share the netmask of all home machines.
> 
> Now ping the other home network boxes from your linux pc. It should
> work. If not, please give us more information like the output of
> "ifconfig -a" and the output of "netstat -nr".
> 
> 
> HTH
> Volker
> 
>