On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 11:43:47AM -0600, Keith G. Murphy wrote:
> I concur, and add that if it just *happens* to be an Optiplex GX1, it's
> probably a 3Com 3c905B-TX. There is a Linux driver for that, 3c59x by
> name.
Optiplex GX100. According to one of the Dell discussion forums, it's
a 3c920,
"Brooks R. Robinson" wrote:
>
> > the kernel with the correct modules for the card. You should be able to
> > get the info you need from Dell, especially since they are now
> > supporting Linux on many of their systems. They may have a driver/module
>
> This seems to be your best idea. Your box
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 10:06:28AM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote:
> > /proc/bus/pci is there and contains two files (00 and 01), but
> > they're binary data. The kernel is 2.2.12, which should support
> I'm not familiar with "devfs" at all, but are you using it, by chance ??
Nope. It's a 2.2.12 k
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 12:52:54PM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote:
> > The NIC is likely a PCI device even when it's integrated
> > into the MB. So, try "cat /proc/pci" and look for an "ethernet
> > controller" line. It will probably give you the chipset it uses
> > which is usually a pretty good st
> the kernel with the correct modules for the card. You should be able to
> get the info you need from Dell, especially since they are now
> supporting Linux on many of their systems. They may have a driver/module
This seems to be your best idea. Your box should have a number on it that
you can p
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 12:52:54PM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote:
> The NIC is likely a PCI device even when it's integrated into the MB.
> So, try "cat /proc/pci" and look for an "ethernet controller" line. It
> will probably give you the chipset it uses which is usually a pretty
> good starting poi
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 12:52:54PM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote:
> > I've got a Dell box I'm installing debian on with an intergrated
> > NIC on the motherboard.
>
> The NIC is likely a PCI device even when it's integrated into the MB.
> So, try "cat /proc/pci" and look for an "ethernet controller"
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 09:15:52PM -0400, Roberto Rosario wrote:
> Try lspci it might give you some more info.
Tried it, but it's not there. The current version available for download off
debian.org depends on a later version of libc than was installed off my CD
and I don't want to mess with snea
Try lspci it might give you some more info.
Dave Sherohman wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 01:59:04PM -0600, John Foster wrote:
> > Look for Realtek, 3com, intel, i.e.
> > something with a ethernet card name and model number. Once you have
> > identified the chipset you can recompile the kernel
> I've got a Dell box I'm installing debian on with an intergrated
> NIC on the motherboard.
The NIC is likely a PCI device even when it's integrated into the MB.
So, try "cat /proc/pci" and look for an "ethernet controller" line. It
will probably give you the chipset it uses which is usually a pr
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 01:59:04PM -0600, John Foster wrote:
> Look for Realtek, 3com, intel, i.e.
> something with a ethernet card name and model number. Once you have
> identified the chipset you can recompile the kernel and modules for your
> specefic hardware setup.
I'm guessing it's a 3com NI
Dave Sherohman wrote:
As I suspected the kernel is not trying to load a kernel module for the
NIC, everything else looks OK. My suggestion is to contact Dell and
query them about the onboard NIC chip set. They may have the specs
listed on their website. It is likely that the board is made to their
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 11:10:33AM -0600, John Foster wrote:
> Dave Sherohman wrote:
> > ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 on irq 14
>
> This is your hard drive :-)
*sigh* Uh-huh. I knew that... Of course ide0 != eth0. Guess I was just a
little too desperate for info
Dave Sherohman wrote:
>
> I've got a Dell box I'm installing debian on with an intergrated NIC on the
> motherboard. When I booted the install CD, the system startup messages
> included
>
> ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 on irq 14
This is your hard drive :-)
>
> so
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>Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 2:26 PM
>To: John Griffiths
>Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>Subject: Re: NIC identification
>
>
>often they will pe printed onto th card, or printed onto a sticker that is
>placed on the card or one of the chips on the card, it wil
>From the thinnet connector on it, I'd try ne2k-pci. Hell, what do you
have to lose? The netware sitcker also implies ne2k: IIRC the netware
sticker meant ne2000 compliance...
modprobe ne2k-pci
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, John Griffiths wrote:
>OK i've got a NIC that i need to get working.
>
>its PC
: John Griffiths
Cc: Casey Webster; debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: NIC identification
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, John Griffiths wrote:
> At 11:38 PM 1/16/2001 -0600, Casey Webster wrote:
> >if its netware approved you might try the ne2k driver, that thing works
> >for a lot of
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, John Griffiths wrote:
> At 11:38 PM 1/16/2001 -0600, Casey Webster wrote:
> >if its netware approved you might try the ne2k driver, that thing works
> >for a lot of cards with that sticker, also if you can figure out the
> >card's MAC address (in the form of xx:xx:xx:yy:yy:y
>> somewhere) then search google for a MAC address
>> to vendor converter and pop on the xx:xx:xx from
>> the mac addr and it will give you the vendor of
>>the card and then you can check thier website
>> for the model number and
>> try and figure out what driver to use
> eh, won't it show when ty
eh, won't it show when typing ifconfig with one or more options ?
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From: Casey Webster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 2:26 PM
To: John Griffiths
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: NIC identification
often they will pe pr
often they will pe printed onto th card, or printed onto a sticker that is
placed on the card or one of the chips on the card, it will be a in the
form: 00:01:02:70:5E:B1 or possbile without the colons, but it will
contain that many digits. The first 6 numbers (00:01:02) identify the
vendor, and i
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> OK i've got a NIC that i need to get working.
>
> its PCI appears to support Co-ax as well as cat-45
>
> it has a netware approved sticker on it
>
> it has 3 components on it made by Delta
>
At 11:38 PM 1/16/2001 -0600, Casey Webster wrote:
>if its netware approved you might try the ne2k driver, that thing works
>for a lot of cards with that sticker, also if you can figure out the
>card's MAC address (in the form of xx:xx:xx:yy:yy:yy and often on the card
>somewhere) then search google
if its netware approved you might try the ne2k driver, that thing works
for a lot of cards with that sticker, also if you can figure out the
card's MAC address (in the form of xx:xx:xx:yy:yy:yy and often on the card
somewhere) then search google for a MAC address to vendor converter and
pop on the
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