Thinkpad 600E and xircom REM56G-100 trouble with kernel 2.6.15-1.1833_FC4

[Tony Crouch]

Hi Billy,

Sounds like you need to update the drivers for your network card to suit
your updated kernel(s).

I have to do this with my dial-up & wireless cards.

I would probably use 'lspci -v' to find the chipset of your card and look
around for updated kernel drivers.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Tony

> My problem arises when I upgrade my kernel to the latest
>(2.6.15-1.1833_FC4), using either yum or up2date, wherein my machine
> becomes unable to connect to other computers.
> The Xircom card remains detected by the system under the new kernel.
> I can ping the local machine, but not the others on the network, not
> even the gateway machine.

> When I boot up with the default kernel that came with the FC4 install
> CDs, everything works again. It is only with the newer kernels that
> my connectivity breaks.