hi........... my few cents.......
Normally linux detects an ethernet card in the system during the install
proces, it will automatically configure the kernel to use the card and load
the appropriate network software.
If you are configuring it after the install it is a two step process. First
you must ensure that linux recognizes the network card and then you must
configure the system to operate properly with your network.
Configuring the Network card
--------------------
the basic command to configure network card is 'ifconfig' . This command sets
the necessary parameters in the kernel table, so linux knows how to
communicate with your network card. there are two formats of this ifconfig
command
ifconfig <interface>
ifconfig interface <aftype> options | address
check out man ifconfig for more information.
The first format will give you the current configuration. I have an active
interface so this command on my system would look like this..
*******************
sivanb@shiva:/home/sivanb[32] /sbin/ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:60:67:76:AD:39
inet addr:164.164.27.74 Bcast:164.164.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:85202 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:78930 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:1171 txqueuelen:100
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x7000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:48 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:48 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
**********************
the second line shows the first active network interface (eth0 for me). this
will give you the device as well as the MAC address. Next line (line no.3)
shows the ip address and subnet values for your network. Line 4 shows the
status of your network (thank god mine is UP and running). Line 5 to Line 8
shows some statistics in the network.
In the eth0 check that your TX and RX packets count increase...if it doens't
there is some mess up with the IP address. If there are errors and collisions
then there is a media problem...in line 8 you will get information about
hardware configuration of the network card.
you can try the second format of ifconfig and set parameters in the kernel
table. The command for setting an ethernet connection would look like
this..(check man for accuracy).
ifconfig eth0 <ip address> netmask <subnet id> broadcast <ip address>
this will set the parameter and you can cross verify by giving ifconfig
command again....
if you have a router to get to other networks you can configure that also
using 'route' commnad.
in line 10 there is another entry for lo whic his a special device called the
loopback device. It is automatically configured by linux to provide
connectivty to itself. Thats why the IP will be 217.0.0.1 The status and
statistics information is also shown for this device.
as u have said that urs is a PCI card you shouldn't be having any problem in
connecting to it, u can check the hardware compatibility list of all network
cards in http://www.redhat.com/
sorry for not giving the exact url...but it is very easy to spot.
Shiva
"Dr.K.S.Sangunni" wrote:
> HI
> I have some problem in making my 6.2 RH to recognize my network card. This
> is Compex Ready link RL100ATX PCI card. I don't know how to make this to
> work
> rather than changing over to an other card. Any help please?
> sangunni
>
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