Hi all,
From the responses I got about the D-Link 502T I understood that
ethernet is better hence after hunting around settled for D-Link 538TX
just for compatibility reasons, which doesn't mean that the above router
is not compatible with Intex card or something. Anyway the card
installation hardly took 2 minutes & in XP there were already drivers of
the D-Link 538TX in the driver database itself & from the floppy just
upgraded the drivers. The whole operation hardly took 5 minutes & I was
connected.
Now with the Linux drivers it's a *.c file which needs to be
compiled, here's the list of instructions given to have the card
functioning :-
step 1: copy the driver rtl8139.c from driver diskette to you linux.
step 2: compile:
The instruction for compiling the driver is include at the end of
the driver file. (run this instruction at /usr/src/linux)
Or you can use the Makefile included in the driver diskette
\Linux.
step 3: insert the driver as module:
insmod rtl8139.o
(run 'lsmod' to see if the module is inserted)
step 4: bind your card to an IP address
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 ${IPADDR} broadcast ${BROADCAST}
netmask ${NETMASK}
(run 'netstat -i' to see if there is a interface 'eth0')
step 5: add your card to IP routing table, then add gateway also your
card:
/sbin/route add -net ${NETWORK} netmask ${NETMASK} eth0
(should be able to ping local network now)
gateway:
/sbin/route add default gw ${GATEWAY} netmask 0.0.0.0 metric 1
step 6: start inet deamon.
/usr/sbin/inetd
(you are on the network now)
*make sure that your kernel is built with network, fast_ethernet and
module
support. Otherwise, you have to rebuild your kernel.
(1:go to /usr/src/linux directory
2:run 'make menuconfig' or 'make config'
3:mark the options list above.
4:exit and rebuild your kernel.
make dep;make clean;make zImage
the file 'zImage' will be at /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage
5:modify /etc/lilo.conf.(this file specify where kernel image is)
6:run 'lilo' )
You can run 'netconfig' which will do step 4,5,6 for you.
Then just add a line at the beginning of '/etc/rc.d/init.d/network'.
'insmod /your driver path/rtl8139.o'
then your driver will work every time you boot.
One thing for sure, not for the newbies. Hope to get some
comments on this one. My main point is here is not windows is better
than Linux or something like that, it's more is this the best we should
be thankful from the D-Link guys or should they've included binary
drivers keeping in mind that there are so many different distros. that
people use. It's not a troll, just a honest question. Hoping to get some
comments/suggestions on this.
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Shirish Agarwal
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