Hi Kyle,
I guess some government sites have some good stuff on them this is from
NASA, the ins and outs of basically any NIC card as they configure them....
http://cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/
Regards,
Sean
http://www.sjptech.com
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sean Pritchard
> Sent: Friday, September 10, 1999 8:09 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Network Card- Please Help!!!
>
>
> Kyle \"Orange\" Spahn wrote:
>
> > Hey everyone, sorry... I've asked about this before but I still
> need help.
> > I'm brand new to Linux and don't know much about it, but my
> DE-220 PCT NIC
> > isn't working with the installer program..
> >
> > Could someone tell me what I should do to get it to work?
> >
> > That would be SOO awesome if you would!
> >
> > -Kyle Spahn
>
> Hi Hyle - don't worry about configuring it during installation.
> Is this an
> ISA or PCI version of the D-link 220? IN any case this should
> work fine....
>
> I'll use the Gnome Desktop for working on this in Root...
>
> Open "Control Panel" from the Main Menu under "System"....
>
> Click on the "LinuxConf" Icon (the conductor withe the blue shirt)...
>
> On the Config page of Linuxconf (the first page revealed) press on
> "Networking"...
>
> >From the next window press "Basic host information"... Under "Host name"
> this is where one could change the name of their host machine
> from localhost
> to something they prefer to call their PC....
>
> Select "Adapter 1" page, unless this is your modem configuration select an
> alternative page....
>
> Make sure "Enabled" selected, "Dhcp" is selected.....
>
> I am not sure of your network setup, or if you might be on cable internet
> access like myself, but that shouldn't matter at this point... so
> disregard
> Primary Domain-Aliases-IP address (unless you have a fix static
> address you
> need to use), disregard Netmask...
>
> For " Net device" if this is your only NIC Card select "eth0"
> from the list.
> Next is the Kernel module selection - if the card is an ISA 16bit
> then select
> "NE" from the list or alternatively "NE-2k pci" for a PCI card....
>
> Come to think of it I don't recall there being a DE-220 pci, it
> must be ISA,
> I had one in my machine 2 weeks ago before upgrading to a
> DFE-530TX pci....
>
> **** Note for anyone using the D-Link 10/100 - DFE-530TX the
> kernel module
> to use is not listed in the Linuxconf, and is not recognzable at
> installation
> because it uses a different kernel driver - these cards use the
> "via-rhine"
> module simply type in "via-rhine" in the Kernel module option, for this
> card I/O and IRQ aren't neccessary to input for configuration.****
>
> Two last things to do for configuring..... input the mem base
> address I/O
> port the card is using and the IRQ number.
>
> Hit "Accept", Quit out of Linuxconf - Activate changes as exiting.
>
> Here are some final quick tests to see if it installed.....
>
> Open a terminal type " lsmode" .... that comand will produce a list of
> modules running on your system, the most recent should be the "ne" we
> configured.
>
> Second .... from the same terminal now type "ifconfig" a list of
> two items
> should come up "lo" and "eth0"....
>
> If they do that's great, if they don't there's one more thing we
> may need to
> do, and wouldn't hurt to do any at this point......
>
> from the terminal again type "/etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart" you
> should see your "lo" and "eth0" refresh themselves, if they came
> up on this
> command then you're all set.....
>
> Hope I was of help,
>
> Regards,
> Sean
> sj.Pritchard Technical Services
> http://www.sjptech.com
>
