This is a hands-on experience question. The following answer is for UNIX platform.
The first step is to assign a unique internet address to the workstation. The net-mask has to be assigned the same as other devices in that subnet. The physical device has to be attached to the network, and the workstation connected. When attaching the Attachment Unit Interface (AUI), you must make sure that it corresponds with the jumper setting on the unit.
Next, the system should be booted. At this point, you should ping another workstation or server using its IP address. If the ping works properly, the next step would be to change the /etc/hosts, /etc/netmasks, /etc/defaultdomain to include all the necessary information required by the system to recognize the network automatically upon booting. If this system was a client or diskless workstation in an NIS network, then the ‘domainname’ command can be set appropriately or changed in /etc/defaultdomain and rebooted, which will cause it to connect to its NIS master.
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