Sean Pritchard wrote:
>
> Hi Kyle,
>
> I guess some government sites have some good stuff on them this is from
> NASA, the ins and outs of basically any NIC card as they configure them....
>
> http://cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/
>
That's Donald Becker's website. He's the guy that wrote a large portion
of the Linux NIC drivers!
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sean Pritchard
> > Sent: Friday, September 10, 1999 8:09 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] Network Card- Please Help!!!
> >
> >
> > Kyle \"Orange\" Spahn wrote:
> >
> > > Hey everyone, sorry... I've asked about this before but I still
> > need help.
> > > I'm brand new to Linux and don't know much about it, but my
> > DE-220 PCT NIC
> > > isn't working with the installer program..
> > >
> > > Could someone tell me what I should do to get it to work?
> > >
> > > That would be SOO awesome if you would!
> > >
> > > -Kyle Spahn
> >
> > Hi Hyle - don't worry about configuring it during installation.
> > Is this an
> > ISA or PCI version of the D-link 220? IN any case this should
> > work fine....
> >
> > I'll use the Gnome Desktop for working on this in Root...
> >
> > Open "Control Panel" from the Main Menu under "System"....
> >
> > Click on the "LinuxConf" Icon (the conductor withe the blue shirt)...
> >
> > On the Config page of Linuxconf (the first page revealed) press on
> > "Networking"...
> >
> > >From the next window press "Basic host information"... Under "Host name"
> > this is where one could change the name of their host machine
> > from localhost
> > to something they prefer to call their PC....
> >
> > Select "Adapter 1" page, unless this is your modem configuration select an
> > alternative page....
> >
> > Make sure "Enabled" selected, "Dhcp" is selected.....
> >
> > I am not sure of your network setup, or if you might be on cable internet
> > access like myself, but that shouldn't matter at this point... so
> > disregard
> > Primary Domain-Aliases-IP address (unless you have a fix static
> > address you
> > need to use), disregard Netmask...
> >
> > For " Net device" if this is your only NIC Card select "eth0"
> > from the list.
> > Next is the Kernel module selection - if the card is an ISA 16bit
> > then select
> > "NE" from the list or alternatively "NE-2k pci" for a PCI card....
> >
> > Come to think of it I don't recall there being a DE-220 pci, it
> > must be ISA,
> > I had one in my machine 2 weeks ago before upgrading to a
> > DFE-530TX pci....
> >
> > **** Note for anyone using the D-Link 10/100 - DFE-530TX the
> > kernel module
> > to use is not listed in the Linuxconf, and is not recognzable at
> > installation
> > because it uses a different kernel driver - these cards use the
> > "via-rhine"
> > module simply type in "via-rhine" in the Kernel module option, for this
> > card I/O and IRQ aren't neccessary to input for configuration.****
> >
> > Two last things to do for configuring..... input the mem base
> > address I/O
> > port the card is using and the IRQ number.
> >
> > Hit "Accept", Quit out of Linuxconf - Activate changes as exiting.
> >
> > Here are some final quick tests to see if it installed.....
> >
> > Open a terminal type " lsmode" .... that comand will produce a list of
> > modules running on your system, the most recent should be the "ne" we
> > configured.
> >
> > Second .... from the same terminal now type "ifconfig" a list of
> > two items
> > should come up "lo" and "eth0"....
> >
> > If they do that's great, if they don't there's one more thing we
> > may need to
> > do, and wouldn't hurt to do any at this point......
> >
> > from the terminal again type "/etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart" you
> > should see your "lo" and "eth0" refresh themselves, if they came
> > up on this
> > command then you're all set.....
> >
> > Hope I was of help,
> >
> > Regards,
> > Sean
> > sj.Pritchard Technical Services
> > http://www.sjptech.com
> >
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Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
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