debian configuration (1 of many)

• 
  This morning's install missed setting up a reasonable /etc/hosts file. Most no
  tably is the lack of localhost.
  
  Here is what mine looks like now:
  

  
    127.0.0.1     localhost
    192.168.1.101 homebrew # home server
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  Get and configure ntp-simple -- I'm using tick.mit.edu s
  ince they are
  about 60 miles and 8 hops from home.
  


• 
  Get mozilla-psm to add ssl support to mozilla/galeon
  



• 
  apt-get install wireless tools, now configure
  /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts to look something like this:



  # Lucent Wavelan IEEE (+ Orinoco, RoamAbout and ELSA)
  # Melco/Buffalo Networks WLI-PCM-L11
  # Note : wvlan_cs driver only, and version 1.0.4+ for encryption support
  *,*,*,00:60:1D:*|*,*,*,00:02:2D:*)
    INFO="Wavelan IEEE example (Lucent default settings)"
        ESSID="10wildcat"
        MODE="Managed"
        KEY="AAAA-BBBB-CC [1] key 9072-ae6a-ff [2] key aabb-ccdd-ee [3] key 777
7-7777-77 [4]"
       IWCONFIG="key [1]"
    ;;


(where AAAA-BBBB-CC is my key1)

Also configure eth1 in /etc/network/interfaces by adding this:



auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp