On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, David K Jones wrote:
> Hi, I wonder if you can help me.
i'll try!
> I have installed Redhat 6.1 on my notebook and am not having any joy with
> getting my Silicom ethernet pcmcia network card to work.
:-(
> Kernel is 2.2.12-20
> card services are 3.1.13
> silicom drivers are 1.02b as downloaded from their site.
>
> I have followed all the instructions as supplied by Silicom and rebuilt the
> kernel.
ok...
> Card services seem to work fine as I get all the right beeps when I stop /
> start the service or when I remove / insert the card.
use:
# dmesg
to look at the output to see if the card is recognized, configured, etc...
> I do not have a eth0 device in /etc, so have nothing to point the card to,
> and have no clue how to create this device.
in Linux, network devices are created in memory and are transient... if
you use Red Hat, run the netcfg tool under X11... click on
Interfaces->Add->Ethernet... then create the device, click Save, then
click the eth0 device in the list, then click Activate...
alternatively...
# ifconfig eth0 192.168.2.30 up
hth...
> Please help me.
>
> Thanks
>
> David Jones
>
>
