On Wednesday 26 February 2003 02:15 pm, Luke Stutters wrote: > On Wednesday 26 Feb 2003 6:14 pm, civileme wrote: > > On Wednesday 26 February 2003 08:43 am, Luke Stutters wrote: > > > Hi all - first post here. I'm in the process of installing Mandrake 9.0 > > > on a P133, 64MB machine with the intent of using it as a > > > IP-masquerading box. This would mean my other boxes could use broadband > > > (512 k) independently over a LAN. Is this feasible? Any advice would be > > > great. > > > > Works--I use a PPRo 200 as a router/firewall running 9.0 > > Caution is advised--if you are using pppoe-ADSL, then make sure you > > follow the steps for install that I gave a customer on MandrakeExpert > > incident #49370, else hand-configure it. The MCC script for ADSL-pppoe > > is seriously flawed. > > Thanks for the tips! I've managed to install 9.0 on the box, but I'm having > a little difficulty with its ISA ethernet card. > > It's an old GE2000III(?) with a chip on it labelled as K1306023. After a > bit of Googling, I got it working with the ne.o drivers with io=0x300 and > irq=5. However, although both lights (orange and green) are on at the back > of the card, and there's a single green light on my hub for the machine, I > can't ping any other machines on my home network. I know the network cable > is working, so I assume there's something up with the way the card is > configured. Does anyone have any experience with this kind of fault? Does > it matter that the 'speed' light is not lit on the hub for this machine? > > Many thanks, > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > http://uk.my.yahoo.com
That is an old 10M card, so the speed light will NOT be lit. Still you may want to post the contents of /etc/modules.conf and /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth* Civileme
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