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IF YOU HAVE SCO:

First, you may not be able to do this without upgrading the SCO. Many SCO systems were sold without the ability to do networking other than serial. These are "Host" versions. If you run "custom" or use the Software manager from the GUI, you will see you either have "Host" or "Enterprise": if you only have Host, you'll need to upgrade (if that is the case, run "uname -X" to get the version number and number of users and I can give you pricing if you send that to prices@aplawrence.com).

If you have one of the very old 3.2v4.x releases you will be hard pressed to find nic cards that will work with those.

If you DO have 5.0.x Enterprise, what you need to do next is get the most current driver for your version/card. Go to ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/openserver5/drivers/ and select your version (from uname -X, the version is what follows 3.2) then "networks" and if there is a current driver for your card, download it. Don't neglect this step: some of the newer cards absolutely will not work unless you get these drivers.

You'll install the driver by putting its media image (A file or files named VOL.000.00X) in (for example) /tmp. You'll then use "custom" or the GUI Software Manager to install it: choose Install New Software, From This Host, Media Images, and point it at the directory where you installed the VOL file.

After that, "netconfig" or the GUI Network Manager will let you add this card and assign an address to it.

Adding a default route depends on your version: see http://aplawrence.com/SCOFAQ/scotec4.html#defaultroute

Articles and notes here related to networking:

• SCO Networking FAQ
• http://www.pcunix.com/Searches/networking.html
• http://www.pcunix.com/Searches/route.html
• http://www.pcunix.com/Searches/nat.html
• http://www.pcunix.com/Searches/jetdirect.html
• http://www.pcunix.com/Searches/security.html
• http://www.pcunix.com/Searches/snmp.html
• http://www.pcunix.com/Searches/visionfs.html

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