Re: NIC cards

[Glen Lee Edwards <glenlee perluser net>]

James,

I just had a similar problem.

Run windows.  Reboot to the DOS prompt.  Then put in the diagnostic disc
that came with the NIC.  Run the setup.exe program that is on it.
Assuming that it's an ISA NIC, you'll need to disable plug and play in it.
Write down the IRQ and I/O address shown for it - you'll need them.

Then boot Linux.

>From the command prompt or Xterm enter:

$less /proc/interrupts

Read through it to make sure that nothing else is using the same I/O
address.  If so then you'll need to go back to the diagnostic disc and
assign your NIC to one that isn't currently being used.

>From the command prompt or Xterm enter:

$less /proc/ioports

Read through it to make sure that nothing else is using the same IRQ
address.  If so then you'll need to go back to the diagnostic disc and
assign your NIC to one that isn't currently being used.

>From the command prompt or Xterm enter:

$ netconf

Go to "Basic Host Information," which is the very top item in the
list.  From there you can configure your NIC, and include the IRQ address
and the I/O address.  Try leaving the module blank unless you know for
sure which one you need. Then click on OK, which should restart the
network.

Once that's done from the command prompt enter:

$ ifconfig

If the configuration worked you should have a reading for eth0, or
whatever dev you set it to, eth0 is normal for the first NIC on a Linux
box. 

If the card doesn't show up in ifconfig then post your NIC information to
the list, make, model, ISA or PCI, IRQ, I/O, and maybe someone here will
know what module, you need and what IRQ and I/O you should use.

Glen



Yesterday, at 16:42, James Bear sent through the Star Gate:

>I am fairly new to Linux and am just experimenting right now.  I have
>installed RH 7 on its own partition and have enjoyed what I have done as
>of right now.  On the other partition is Windows 2000.  I have two
>problems right now.
>
>I can't get the NIC card configured properly.  As far as I can see, it
>doesn't recognize it.  In the X window system, I can only find where to
>configure a modem and I don't have a modem.  Help would be great.
>
>
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