redhat linux 9 and speakup

[Janina Sajka]

Ping the broadcast address of your network. An example of how to do this on Linux is:

ifcfg eth0

There are many other ways to get this information, of course. Once you know the broadcast address used on your network, you can ping it. On Red Hat type
systems, do:

ping -b [address]

On Debian, do:

ping [address]

Example:

ping -b 192.168.100.255

You might want to limit this, so you don't get flooded with too much data on screen:

Example:

ping -c 4 -b 192.168.100.255

says "ping the broadcast address 4 times."

On each of those four pings, you'll get a response from each machine that's listening on that address--every machine on the network. It's your job, at
that point, to know which one is the new one that wasn't there before. That's the address you telnet to.

Lorenzo Prince writes:
> From: Lorenzo Prince <lorenzo at princenet.sytes.net>
> 
> But how can I get the address of the RH box?  I am on a home network where
> the RH box would be 192.168.0.2.  But I had to configure that address.
> Does the RH installation CD allow me to configure this before install?
> 
> Thanks,
> Lorenzo
> 
> E Pluribus Unix
> 
> Thomas D. Ward staggered into view and mumbled:
> 
> > Hi. I'll try and break this down into as simple terms as possible.
> >
> > 1. we will assume your Linux system is on some sort of network weather it is
> > home based, or one at a company.
> > As such it should have a network card in it which is known to work with Red
> > Hat out of the box. I know of Linksys and Realtech cards which are vary good
> > for telnet style installs.
> > 2. You would insert the Red Hat cdrom and at the boot prompt you would tell
> > it something like:
> > linux text telnet
> > 3. Assuming your box can get a broadcast address, and the nic is compatible
> > you can go to another computer on the network, and bring up a telnet cliant,
> > and specify the address of the RH box.
> > If you are in Linux speakup, and the Linux telnet client works great.
> > However, if the other box has windows then I suggest using terraterm Pro and
> > something like Jaws or Window Eyes to read the setup prompts.
> > 4. If your telnet client connects ok to the box with RH installation, and
> > then it should come up on your screen, and you can use the remote box to
> > read the install prompts.
> > If you don'
> > If you don't have at least two computers on some sort of network and then
> > the telnet install won't work for you. Same is true if you connected two
> > computers via the serial ports. If you don't have two computers you won't be
> > able to do the install.
> > Then, your only options is to try a kickstart installation, or get sighted
> > help.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175