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But I already had a internet connection established on the "host" side.  I 
guess the boot routines for BL 2.1 don't have the coding to go looking for 
the open connection already there.  The Knoppix remasters I have been playing 
with (DSL and Feather) do ID the open tcp/ip connection and hook in.

-------------- Original message from 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org: 
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> t.maiden AT att.net wrote: 
> > 
> > I could not get Links to read several known good websites 
> > and I could not get telnet to connect to a known good site 
> 
> You first have to establish a TCP/IP connection. 
> This can be done via a modem or a network card. 
> For a modem, you execute pppsetup (assuming you 
> have a compatible modem). For a network card, 
> you do the following steps: 
> ---------------------------------------------- 
> activate the network card (insmod) 
> assign an IP address to the card (ifconfig) 
> assign route to gateway (route add default gw) 
> ---------------------------------------------- 
> 
> Cheers, 
> Steven 
> 
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