Simple NeXTSTEP/OpenStep Networking- Guide to getting it connected to the internet

Here is a howto to show you how to get your NeXTSTEP/OpenStep Boxes online with ease. I wrote it with simplicity in mind, following this howto you should have your box online in about 10 minutes Getting Your NeXTstation On the Internet- Applies to NeXTStep/OpenStep on Black and white hardware along with Sparc/PA Risc Putting OpenStep 4.2/NeXTStep 3.3 online is relatively easy Step 1. Enable Root Access Go into Prefs Under NeXTApps and then click the lock icon, create a password, this is the password for the Me User. Once thats done, Logout. You will be at the login screen Login as root with no password Step 2. Run Simple Network Starter Make sure the radio button Use The Network but dont share administrative data is selected. Then Enter the IP address of your choice. Once thats done click network options and enter Router, Netmask and broadcast address of your network. Then Click Configure, The system will reboot Upon Reboot login as root again Open a terminal window and type the following command pico /etc/resolv.conf Enter the following in Pico nameserver 8.8.8.8 nameserver 8.8.4.4 I used the google public DNS servers for an example, but any DNS Server will work CTRL -O to save the file CTRL- X to exit pico Then Reboot your system. Again Login as root Open A terminal window and type ping google.com. At this point you should be getting a response from google. And thats it, that is all there is to getting your NeXTstation/OpenStep/NeXTstep Powered Boxes online.