Re: Can't get this @#$%* network card to work

[Maurice Hilarius <maurice harddata com>]

With regards to your message at 07:52 AM 1/31/00 -0800, Richard Mullens. 
Where you stated:
> I've recently install Red Hat 6.1 on a Multia but
> cannot get the network connection to work. I know the
> hardware is good because I have the system set up for
> a dual boot and the connection works fine under NT.
> The DEC 21040 is found during boot and the driver
> loads ok (tulip)but the system will not ping anything.
> I removed the config files and rebooted so kudzu could
> do it's thing again, and it reinstalls the network but
> when I check the dmesg 's after rebooting I have
> several "eth0: No link beat found." and "neighbor
> table overflow"
>
> Time to buy a clue.
Try the DE4/5XX driver from FreeBSD instead of the "tulip" driver.


Best regards,

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