From: Tony Nugent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Mon Feb 28 2000 at 13:39, "David Knaack" wrote:
> > I realize this is probably a total newbie question, but I can't
> > seem to find it addressed in detail anywhere. I've consulted
> > 4 linux books and all the relevant HowTo's, but I'm still not
> > clear how how to tell RedHat 6.1 that I have a network card.
>
> There are redhat tools like netcfg and linuxconf that will allow you
> to set all this up. Especially linuxconf as it manipulates
> /etc/conf.modules to set up the ethernet drivers for you. For
> example, here I have a 3com 509B card, and it sets it up like this:
I found the module option in linuxconf basic networking section, which
I had overlooked before. The NIC docs say its ne2000 compatible, but
so far I haven't been able to get it working. I'll play with it some
more tonight. I think something else is broken at the moment and is
preventing things from working.
Thanks for the pointer,
DK
