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sindi keesan wrote:
>
> I still have not figured out quite what & does 

It runs the process in the background.

> I cannot manage to get rxvt and icewm and opera 
> to the point where exiting opera leaves me a usable 
> rxvt).  

Start opera and rxvt with &.  Start icewm without &.

> why did someone give '7' as a sample address?

You've got to put something in the sample.  
7 is as good as anything.

> Do I even need the ifconfig for server - 1.1?

How are you going to get a network up without ifconfig?

> Can you telnet from one terminal and run X from another, 
> in both cases accessing the programs and/or modem 
> connection on the server?

Yes.

Cheers,
Steven

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