On Sun, 2003-11-30 at 21:32, Paul M Foster wrote: > When I was installing Deb 3.0r1 on a new machine, I couldn't find what I > thought was the right module/driver for the ethernet card, so I just > skipped it. Later I found the right driver. I can get the card up and > working. Manually, I can do it this way: > > modprobe natsemi > ifconfig eth0 inet 192.168.10.2 > route add default gw 192.168.10.20 > > However, I don't know how to integrate this with the Debian > /etc/modules/* and /etc/modules.conf. Can anyone tell me what files to > create and with what parameters?
Two things to do: (1) Load the module. You can simply add it to /etc/modules. The module gets loaded at system boot time then. The other way is to add the line ---snip--- alias eth0 natsemi ---snap---- to /etc/modules.conf. Then, the module will get loaded, whenever eth0 is accessed. *But*, as a good debian admin you should *never* edit this file by hand. Look at update-modules(5) for information how to change you modules configuration database. (2) Configure the network device. You have to add the device configuration to the file /etc/network/interfaces. See interfaces(5) how to do that. Hope that helps. -alf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]