Re: 3com nic

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

Marty Landman wrote:
> At 04:16 PM 1/2/2004, Rick Stevens wrote:
>
> > Marty, can you try "insmod 3c509" and see if you get an error?
>
>
> # insmod 3c509
> Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/3c509.o
> eth0: 3c5x9 at 0x220, 10baseT port, address  00 a0 24 75 04 49, IRQ 5.

Well, that seems to have worked.  I'll bet "ifconfig -a" shows
eth0 now.  Probably not an address, but an entry for it.

Try "/etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart" and see if it comes up.

Remember, your /etc/modules.conf file should have a line

	alias eth0 3c509

_without_ a "#" in front of it.  Your /etc/sysconfig/network file
should have:

	NETWORKING=yes
	HOSTNAME=yourhost.yourdomain.com
	GATEWAY=192.168.0.1

and your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 should have:

	DEVICE=eth0
	BOOTPROTO=static
	IPADDR=192.168.0.160
	NETMASK=255.255.255.0
	NETWORK=192.168.0.0
	BROADCAST=192.168.0.255
	ONBOOT=yes

(the "BROADCAST=" and "NETWORK=" lines are optional--they may not be
there).
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