Connecting to the internet from the Redhat Shell

Digital_Guru · 11-08-2003, 02:24 AM

Hi, I'm kinda new to linux, and totally new to the shell prompt, I wanna connect to IRC channels and webpages from runlevel 3 (The Command Prompt - Shell), and I'm on a cable modem. How can I do this, do I have to start my net services first and then run an internet program with a command or is it totally not able to be done?

Demonbane · 11-08-2003, 02:32 AM

If you're on cable modem, chances are your connection is already setup when it boots, you just need to install console based applications. For webbrowsing I recommend links or w3m(better multilanguage support), for irc BitchX is not bad, but can be a bit difficult to get use to at start.

Digital_Guru · 11-08-2003, 03:11 AM

Awsome, thanks

megaspaz · 11-08-2003, 03:20 AM

lynx is included in pretty much every distro (text based web browser).