Dear Eddie and All, Yes, I did checkout Harddrake early on before I did
the 1000 steps to card setup :) and it did not detect my card. However
when I went to /sbin/isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf I got this information:
Board 1 has Identity 3b 29 17 b7 6b 60 16 a3 4d: SMC1660 Serial No
689420139 [checksum 3b]
Board 2 has Identity 35 ff ff ff ff 00 30 32 0d: CIR3000 Serial No -1
[checksum 35]
Board 3 has Identity 27 ff ff ff ff 68 18 73 16: ESS 1868 Serial No -1
[checksum 27]
/etc/isapnp.conf:46 --Fatal - IO range check attempted while device
activated
/etc/isapnp.conf:46 --Fatal - Error occurred executing request '
<IORESCHECK> ' --- further action aborted
This seems to say that my ethernet card, dialup CirrusLogic Modem, and
sound card are all recognized by Linux. The Board 1 identity is my SMC
ethernet card.
UPDATE: I actually did my next to last resort and called tech support for
Cox internet. Of course he said they do not support Linux. I then asked
if there was anyone there who knew how to connect with Linux anyway.
There was. He said that all I have to do is go to Netcfg or Linuxconf and
enable DHCP and make sure DNS is disabled. He said do not put anything
else down. He said everything is detected automatically through their
server. He said it is very simple.
>From this information I assume as long as I have my card setup correctly
and initialized first that if I follow his instructions afterwards I
should be on. Well I probably have done alot of things I do not need to
do. Please correct me here: I need to setup my card and choose the
hopefully correct driver.What program is best to use, netcfg, Linuxconf,
both, or manually some other way? Does the above information say that my
card is already configured? I will be very grateful for anyone's help.
Thank you. Marcia
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