On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 06:12:05PM -0400, Jerry Winegarden wrote: > On Wed, 17 Jul 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi List, > > > > This is my second post on the subject, as I could not get much response of help >from list. Please help me resolve this configuration issue. I need to get this work >asap. I appreciate your time and help. > > > > I have successfully installed RH 7.2 on my intel desk top, but having > > trouble configuring the Netgear Network card/device. The drop down which > > contains the list of network cards while configuration the network card, > > doesn't contain the name of the Network Card I am having which is > > Netgear 310TX. Could you please help me configure the network card or > > point me to the resources which can help me do this. > > > > As per Red Hat HCL, this network card is supported by Red hat and on the website >it mentioned that I need to use tulip module. Tried using by adding an entry in the >/etc/modules.conf like -- alias eth0 tulip. But does'nt seem to be working. The >floppy disk which came along with the network card does contain a directory by name >Linux which contains a file my name tulip. > > > > You didn't mention if you had checked the list archives yet: > > http://www.prairienet.org/redhat > > I searched for Netgear tulip module > > and got a good number of messages, including a couple of threads > that talk about Netgear installation problems. > > It was mentioned that there may be 2 or even 3 different chip sets > that have been used and the correct module for the chipset you have > must be used. However, you might assume that the disk that came > with the floppy would have the correct version. > > It was also mentioned that a few people simply tried the card in > a different slot and it worked. > > Do you get any error messages in /var/log/messages that might pertain > to eth0 or the tulip module loading? > > Is it possible that you are experiencing IRQ conflicts? > > HTH, for starters.
Yes, it sound like IRQ problem to me too. Wonder what he gets when the bios flashes those IRQs it assigns when he boots??? jay -- Your login is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported!
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