If your computer is connected to a network 24 hours a day (i.e., an
Ethernet or similar LAN connection—not a PPP connection), you should
ask your network’s system administrator for the following
information:
◼ Your host name (you may be able to decide this on your own)
◼ Your domain name
◼ Your computer’s IP address
◼ The IP address of your network
◼ The netmask to use with your network
◼ The broadcast address to use on your network
◼ The IP address of the default gateway system you should route
to, if your network _has_ a gateway
◼ The system on your network that you should use as a DNS server
◼ Whether you connect to the network using Ethernet
◼ Whether your Ethernet interface is a PCMCIA card, and if so, the
type of PCMCIA controller you have
If your only network connection is a telephone line using PPP or an
equivalent dialup connection, you don’t need to worry about getting
your network set up until your system is already installed. See
section 11.1 on page 99 for information on setting up PPP under
Debian.