Thommes Thomassen <thommes@c2i.net> wrote:

> There's a D-Link pci-card installed which in turn is detected. So
> everything seems to be OK.

Does it show up in /sbin/ifconfig show it? What model/chipset of
wireless card is it?

> But when I open gnome-terminal g? su and try ifdown or ifup, the
> command is not known.

Try 'su -'. Make sure that /sbin and /usr/sbin are in your PATH.

> The connection icon at the lower right corner does only show lo and at
> the flap 'support' the ip is set to 127.0.0.1 and not to 192.168.x.x.

The lo interface should always have 127.0.0.1. Your (wireless) ethernet
device should have your 192.168.x.x address.

> I want the pc to get IP by DHCP.

> How can I do that in SJDS?

I've no idea about how SJDS does things. What distribution are you using
(or is SJDS a distribution itself?)

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