Re: [newbie] NIC support
looking at the supported hardware list for nics I do not see the card name or the chipset name. is this is a PnP card? if so, have you tried to disable the PnP functionality before you install? Charles Sharp wrote: "Ronald J. Yacketta" wrote: there are a couple of ways look at the documentation you got with your pc look on the nic itself call customer support (doubt this one tho) Ron Charles Sharp wrote: "Ronald J. Yacketta" wrote: what chipset is it? tulip? rtl8139? etc.. give us some specs from the card and we should beable to say hay or nay on the use of the card. if it is a PnP card, see if you can turn the PnP ability off and assign it a irq like 9 or 10 I wrote Diamond (the makers of the card) and they told me it uses a Broadcom chipset, the company who makes that chipset is of the same name.
Re: [newbie] NIC support
BINGO! I have two of them in my box :) rather easy to install lets take the easier route here (could have you editing files but we wont ;) ) if your useing kde (login as root) and fire up DraxConfig goto Basic host information select Adapter 1 Select enable Select dhcp set network device to eth0 set kernel module to tulip click accept click quit click activate changes click quit open a console and type rpm -ql dhcpcd if it says not installed then goto your linux distro navigate to the RPMS directory and type rpm -Uhv dhcp-client-3.0b1pl12-2mdk.i586.rpm type "ifup eth0" type "ifconfig eth0" you should see something like: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:C5:F4:08:3A inet addr:24.161.66.121 Bcast:24.161.67.255 Mask:255.255.252.0 UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:126274 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:91755 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:1326 txqueuelen:100 Interrupt:9 Base address:0xb400 if you see the above then you are more than likely GOLDEN :) Regards, Ron Charles Sharp wrote:s there are a couple of ways look at the documentation you got with your pc look on the nic itself call customer support (doubt this one tho) I gave up on the one card. I went out and bought a cheap LinkSys 10/100 card from a suggestion on a linux board, they said it uses the Tulip driver. Now, I've installed it, and have been able to use this card on the windows side, how to I activate it and use it on the Linux side? I'm running Linux Mandrake 7.0.2. Thanks in advance.
Re: [newbie] NIC support
"Charles" == Charles Sharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [snip] Charles board, they said it uses the Tulip driver. Now, I've Charles installed it, and have been able to use this card on the Charles windows side, how to I activate it and use it on the Charles Linux side? I'm running Linux Mandrake 7.0.2. Thanks in Charles advance. Do you have a file /lib/modules/[whatever-kernel-version-you-have]/net/tulip.o ? If yes, try 'modprobe tulip' to see if the card is recognized. You could also try doing 'linuxconf' as root, so set up the cards (since I assume you have only one ethernet card in your machine, the tulip card'll be eth0 (that's numeral zero, not letter 'oh'). In linuxconf, you get to assign eth0 its IP address, and everything else (netmask, net device module, are defaults, 'eth0' and 'tulip'). This Linksys needs no IRQ, etc., specified. You _must_ assign an IP address: one will _not_ be automagically assigned. You may use linuxconf to bring up the eth0 interface, or if you are used to MS Windows, reboot, and you ought to see eth0 initialization in the dmesg. -- Mike Fieschko, West Orange, NJ, USA X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under 21.1.8 XEmacs and random-sig.el Kernel 2.2.15-5mdk http://www.viconet.com/fieschko/home.htm Mar 6 Sts Perpetua and Felicity "You have demonstrated at least in my adult lifetime a higher commitment to the kind of moral leadership that I value in public service and public policy than any person that I have ever met." [Democratic National Committee Chairman Steve Grossman to President Clinton 9/14/98]
RE: [newbie] NIC support
BTW. $10 is not a deal. You can order the CD from many websites for $1.99 or less. Just some info for next time. -Original Message- From: Charles Sharp [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2000 4:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] NIC support Hello, I just installed Mandrake Linux 6.0 (got it for $10 at a local store). The installation and everything went fine, but I'm not sure whether or not it supports my ethernet card. I have a Diamond HomePNA card that came with my Compaq. Can I get this version to support my card? Thanks in advance. Charles Sharp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] NIC support
what chipset is it? tulip? rtl8139? etc.. give us some specs from the card and we should beable to say hay or nay on the use of the card. if it is a PnP card, see if you can turn the PnP ability off and assign it a irq like 9 or 10 Ron Charles Sharp wrote: Hello, I just installed Mandrake Linux 6.0 (got it for $10 at a local store). The installation and everything went fine, but I'm not sure whether or not it supports my ethernet card. I have a Diamond HomePNA card that came with my Compaq. Can I get this version to support my card? Thanks in advance. Charles Sharp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] NIC support
"Ronald J. Yacketta" wrote: what chipset is it? tulip? rtl8139? etc.. give us some specs from the card and we should beable to say hay or nay on the use of the card. if it is a PnP card, see if you can turn the PnP ability off and assign it a irq like 9 or 10 I don't know what the chipset is, is there a way to tell? It came in a Compaq 5724.
