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> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 4:22 PM
> Subject: [newbie] Installing a netgear FA311 NIC...help!!!
>
> > Operating system: Mandrake 7.2
> > Network Card(NIC): Netgear FA311
> >
> > I've tried several times to install this card. No luck as of yet. I
> > am new to linux/unix. The drivers that came with this NIC are not as
> > up to date as the kernel for Mandrake 7.2 is apparently "too new."
> > I've contacted Netgear on this and they basically said that I was
> > S.O.L. Anyone know where I CAN download newer drivers that WILL work?
> > And if so, would someone mind giving this newbie STEP BY STEP
> > directions on how to install them? I've trying this for over 2 months
> > now. Any help would be MORE than appreciated!!! Thanks in advance!!!
I have one as my second network card, and it works, just follow the
following directions
1 - download the redhat 6.x driver from netgear, if you have problems
finding it, let me know and I will email you the zipfile
2 - unzip the file that you downloaded above
3 - rename the FA311.C & FA311.H files to fa311.c & fa311.h
4 - make
5 - as root cp the resulting module to /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/net/
6 - insmod fa311
--
Alex
Kernel Panic is General Failure's second in command
