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Otto Werner wrote:
> 
> 1.I have build a little ethernet-lan of three linux-boxes, 
> one of them is a 486sx with 48MB Ram, serving as router 
> with DSL. I want to connect my BT 1.8 box, a laptop 486sx 
> with 8MB Ram through the router to the outside. I have a
> a pcmcia-networkcard 

Have you installed the pcmcia.tgz package (from Slackware 3.5)?

>ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.5 broadcast 192.168.1.255 \netmask 255.255.255.0
> 
> SICOSIFADDR : no such device
> eth0 = no such interface

Before you can ifconfig eth0, you need to install your ethernet 
card at eth0.  This is done by executing:
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/etc/rc.d/rc.pcmcia start
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> 2. If I try to connect directly via modem . 

Do you have a modem on your laptop?  Is it a winmodem?

> which connection is BT 1.8 able to use : isdn or analog ? 

If isdn is via ethernet, then BasicLinux 1.8 may be able 
to use it.  I think analog is dial-up ppp.

> How can one of them be used, how can I make it working ?

pppsetup for dial-up ppp.

Cheers,
Steven