--- Daniel Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to set up a LRP box (duh) to share my 56K internet
> connection, via my external USR/3com faxmodem.
> I have three machines on a local network, (192.168.1.x) and have a
> spare, older box that I want to put LRP on. It's a Pentium 166 (I
> know, overkill for LRP) with 16MB of RAM, a 3com 905B-TX network
Haha.. My LRP box is a P200 w/ 64megs :) But I have a service or two
running on it also.
> card, and the modem hooked up to its serial port. I've downloaded
> idiot-image_1440KB_FAT_2.9.8_Linux_2.2.gz, and used rawrite on my
> Win2k box to write that image to a floppy disk. I pop it in the LRP
> box, and it boots up just fine.
> NOW WHAT?
Well I can't help a lot because I haven't done a ppp setup, but I can
point out a thing or two.
> Before I start doing anything too complicated ( 8=), I've got two
> simple goals.
> 1. Get the LRP box working on the LAN--pinging, etc--but first it has
> to recognize the NIC/load the modules for it, etc.
Good place to start
> 2. Get the LRP box working on the modem side as well--probably
> involves installind pppd and dhcpd, etc.
And a logical next step.
> Keep in mind that i'm a virtual Linux newbie. I've tried the
> obvious--going into lrcfg, package settings, modules,
> opening /etc/modules and uncommenting the lines to load 3c509 and the
> line that says "eepro io=0x300"
> No joy.
Well, now first things first, each line in /etc/modules represents one
module. You've added two modules, one for the 3com 3C509, and one for
the eepro line of cards. You should only need one. BUT You said you
had a 3c905, which is a pci card correct? It's a poor numbering
scheme, but 3c509 != 3c905, however the driver for 3c590 works for
3c905. Knowledge you get from owning and using a lot of 3com boards :)
> Obviously, I'm overlooking some very basic things. Will the 3c509
> module even work for the NIC?
You say 'the NIC' and if you correctly typed that you have a 3c905, no.
You'll need another network card module. I've only ever used the
EigerStein type images, but AFAIK this module should work for your
card:
http://lrp.steinkuehler.net/files/kernels/2.2.16-1/modules/net/3c59x.o
Good luck!
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