I just picked up some cheap used NE2K pci ethernet cards to use for a home lan. I installed two in this Linux box since it may become a proxy-gateway/firewall for a DSL connection soon.
I re-compiled the kernel to support the cards, and set my BIOS to use irq's that were available. This is the relevant boot message: ne2k-pci.c:v0.99L 2/7/98 D. Becker/P. Gortmaker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linu x/drivers/ne2k-pci.html ne2k-pci.c: PCI NE2000 clone 'Winbond 89C940' at I/O 0x6c00, IRQ 10. eth0: PCI NE2000 found at 0x6c00, IRQ 10, 00:20:78:14:51:6B. ne2k-pci.c: PCI NE2000 clone 'Winbond 89C940' at I/O 0x7000, IRQ 5. eth1: PCI NE2000 found at 0x7000, IRQ 5, 00:20:78:12:8C:3C. I made entries in /etc/init.d/network so that it now reads: #! /bin/sh ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 route add -net 127.0.0.0 ifconfig eth0 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 192.168.1.1 route add -net 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev eth0 But when the above is executed at boot time it returns the following errors: SIOCSIFNETMASK: Cannot assign requested address SIOCSIFBRDADDR: Cannot assign requested address The card (eth0) is now listed in the routing table, as well as being identified by ifconfig, but I can not pass packets to my other computers although I see the light blinking on the card when I try to ping another box. Any help will be appreciated. Thank you. -Ben -- ------------------------------------ Ben Messinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux user. ------------------------------------
