On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Johnny Blade wrote: >Hi, > >I am new to Linux, and have recently installed Debian. > In my attempts to get connected to my school's >ethernet, I have found that there is no /dev/eth*'s on >my system. > >I have one network card, a Netgear FA310TX. I found >this card in a hardware list with the word "Tulip" in
<cringe> tulips in Linux are NOT for beginners... >parentheses next to it, so following the Ethernet >HOWTO's instructions on how to use ethernet drivers as >modules I tried to install the card by adding an alias Did you first try to insmod/modprobe the module to make sure it worked? Aliasing eth0 is not necessary unless you have two or more NICs: it'll just go ahead and assume you mean to make the NIC eth0. Bad news though: the tulip driver in the 2.2.X kernels is flaky: it's anybody's guess if your kernel/card combo will work. If it works, it should work consistently though. If it doesn't, try a newer kernel--the driver is getting it right slowly but surely >to my aliases file in /etc/modutils. The line I added >was "alias eth0 tulip". This didn't seem to have any >effect. There was no /dev/eth*'s after I rebooted. If modprobe/insmod works, just add tulip to /etc/modules and you'll have the card up. Getting it to do what you want is for another part... >If someone could tell me what I need to do to get >Debian to recognize my card, and then how to set up >DHCP, I would be extremely grateful. I'm assuming pump (the default DHCP client in Debian) is usable in your networking setup... edit /etc/network/interfaces put in the following line iface eth0 inet dhcp and you should be golden... Otherwise, come back with more info and we'll work from there. >-JB > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices! >http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > > > -- I can be immature if I want to, because I'm mature enough to make my own decisions. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED]