5
Connecting Your System to a Network
Chapter Overview
Introduction
At some point, you may want to connect your system to a
network at your site. There are two parts to the task: making
the hardware connections and establishing the network software
connection.
In This Chapter
This chapter describes how to complete the hardware connections
to a network. For the networking software connection, see your
system or network administrator at your site.
This chapter covers the following topics:
• Before You Begin
• Connecting to an AUI Ethernet Network
• Connecting to a 10BASE-T Ethernet Network
• Connecting to a 10BASE2 (ThinWire) Ethernet Network
• Setting and Verifying the Network Connection
• Completing the Network Connection
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