Re: NIC - ifconfig - urgent!

[Desperado <b hou student qut edu au>]

This card should work with the NE2000 compatible driver and I thought this
comes with Linux by default? Btw, how to check if I've got the driver.

Thanks for your attention,

-----Original Message-----
From: Nathan Buggia <nbuggia wheatonma edu>
To: redhat-install-list redhat com <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Date: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: NIC - ifconfig - urgent!


>Do you have the proper drivers for this ethernet card installed?
>
>nate
>
>Desperado wrote:
>
>> Hi, I'm trying to configure my network card with this command..
>>
>> ifconfig -i eth0 131.181.1.8 -broadcast 131.181.1.255 netmask
255.255.255.0
>> metric 1 -trailers
>>
>> and this is what I've got...
>>
>> SIOCSIFADDR: Operation not supported by device
>> eth0: unknown interface
>> eth0: unknown interface
>> SIOCSIFADDR: Operation not supported by device
>> eth0: unknown interface
>> SIOCSIFNETMAS: Operation not supported by device
>> SIOCIFMETRIC: Operation not supported by device
>> eth0: unknown interface
>>
>> Mine is a D-Link DE-220E Series adapter and it's working perfectly in
>> Windows.
>>
>> Can someone kindly enlighten me as how to go about resolving this silly
>> problem.
>>
>> Thanks and Regards,
>>
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