On Wed Aug 05 1998, Joseph Martin wrote:
> A friend gave me three ethernet cards to use. They are old 10Mbs
> cards, but they should still work. (Or is 10Mbs still good?)
Not cutting edge, but still good. Especially if they are free :-)
> My question is what driver should I compile into the kernel? The cards
> are made by ArtiSoft. They front of the manual says they are "AE-2/C &
> AE-2/T" ethernet adapters. The manual says they have Novell NE2000
> hardware compatibility.
You've just answered your own question! :-)
Either use the NE driver as a module, or compile in the driver for it.
> I think I saw that mentioned in the kernel config.
> Here is my question.
Oh no... another one? :)
> The guy that gave me the cards said to keep them in the default ArtiSoft
> mode. Is there an ArtiSoft compatible card listed in the kernel config or
> would it be best to switch them to NE2000?
He's probably right if he's talking about that "other" operating system.
But with linux, just use the ne.o driver module to see if it works. The
ne2000 cards have had good generic support for a long time, and any card
that claims to be ne2000 compatable should work.
Beware though... if you are going to use more than one ethernet card, then
you'll have to use boot options (either on the LILO prompt or as an
"append" option in /etc/lilo.conf) to tell the kernel that there's more
than one card (the kernel stops probing once the first card is found). See
the NET-3 HOWTO for the details.
Cheers
Tony
