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installing a nic card
Name: sean Date: March 22, 2003 at 10:44:20 Pacific OS: R/H 5.o CPU/Ram: p166/64mb
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howdy, first, the only thing i can do in linux is create a user and install it. i know nothing more...
heres my problem, during installation, when asked if i wanted to config your network, i said yes and it i couldnt probe my nic. i have no idea what kind it is other than it is a PCI and a 10/100... so how am i supposed to get basic connectivity for my home network... remember that i am running redhat 5 (the good ol days...)
Name: George Pearson Date: March 22, 2003 at 22:40:24 Pacific
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You need to ID your nic... At least the chipset. barring that your best hope is the insmod nic drivers until something works.
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Response Number 2
Name: sean Date: March 24, 2003 at 11:05:35 Pacific
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what if i can get a nic card that was specified during the install, but i didnt have in the machine at that time?
sean
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Response Number 3
Name: 3Dave Date: March 25, 2003 at 02:18:09 Pacific
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You could try generic ne2000 compatible pci drivers.....although you really need to take the card out and do a search on the net for the chipset.
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Response Number 4
Name: sean Date: March 25, 2003 at 09:51:53 Pacific
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ok so i have a card i know will work with the ne2000 drivers... now how do i install it?
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Response Number 5
Name: 3Dave Date: March 26, 2003 at 02:09:43 Pacific
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What is the output from: # ifconfig eth0
You can configure your NIC: # ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0 # route add -net default gw 192.168.0.254 netmask 0.0.0.0 metric 1
and then bring it up: # ifconfig eth0 up
The above assumes that you are running a class C network, want to assign 192.168.0.1 as your static IP and creates an internet gateway pointing to 192.168.0.254 (eg could be a router)
Summary: I just installed linux mandrake 7.0 and I need to install my kingston nic card. I am a newbie to linux so I have no idea where to start. Thanks in advance for any help given ...
Summary: I have tried looking myself, I have tried things myself, but if I come to a problem or an error I become lost. I know NOTHING of linux. That being said, I will start my plea for instructions on how to...
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