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On Sat, 19 Apr 2008, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> I've got the system booting from the hd - thanks for the help.
>
> I can also start up the PCMCIA ethernet card and
> if I set ifconfig eth0 then I can ping my router and the
> other machines in my home. My router serves DHCP
> addresses to the machines in my house. How do I
> set up BasicLinux to get a DHCP address from my
> router?
>
> Ted

Type udhcpc
udhcpc is a mini-dhcp client found in busybox
This also sets the router's IP number as the DNS server.

If you know your router's IP number to ping it, and the numbers of other 
computers on the network, you can just assign one manually with ifconfig.
You can then run pppsetup or edit /etc/resolv.conf to use the router's IP 
number as DNS server.

Since Basiclinux is not a memory hog, I cannot imagine why you would need 
any swap file if you have 80MB RAM.

Sindi