Neat NIC info

[Ripcrd6]

You guys might be able to use this info.

-----Original Message-----
>I guess some government sites have some good stuff on them this is from
>NASA, the ins and outs of basically any NIC card as they configure
them....
>
>
>http://cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/
>
>Regards,
>Sean

>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> Kyle "Orange" Spahn wrote:
>>
>> > Hey everyone, sorry... I've asked about this before but I still
>> need help.
>> > I'm brand new to Linux and don't know much about it, but my
>> DE-220 PCT NIC
>> > isn't working with the installer program..
>> >
>> > Could someone tell me what I should do to get it to work?
>> >
>> > That would be SOO awesome if you would!
>> >
>> > -Kyle Spahn
>>
>> Hi Hyle -  don't worry about configuring it during installation.
>>  Is this an
>> ISA or PCI version of the D-link 220?  IN any case this should
>> work fine....
>>
>> I'll use the Gnome Desktop for working on this in Root...
>>
>> Open "Control Panel" from the Main Menu under "System"....
>>
>> Click on the "LinuxConf" Icon (the conductor withe the blue shirt)...
>>
>> On the Config page of Linuxconf (the first page revealed) press on
>> "Networking"...
>>
>> >From the next window press "Basic host information"...  Under "Host
name"
>> this is where one could change the name of their host machine
>> from localhost
>> to something they prefer to call their PC....
>>
>> Select "Adapter 1" page, unless this is your modem configuration select
an
>> alternative page....
>>
>> Make sure "Enabled" selected,  "Dhcp" is selected.....
>>
>> I am not sure of your network setup, or if you might be on cable
internet
>> access like myself, but that shouldn't matter at this point... so
>> disregard
>> Primary Domain-Aliases-IP address (unless you have a fix static
>> address you
>> need to use), disregard Netmask...
>>
>> For " Net device" if this is your only NIC Card select "eth0"
>> from the list.
>> Next is the Kernel module selection - if the card is an ISA 16bit
>> then select
>> "NE" from the list or alternatively "NE-2k pci" for a PCI card....
>>
>> Come to think of it I don't recall there being a DE-220 pci, it
>> must be ISA,
>> I had one in my machine 2 weeks ago before upgrading to a
>> DFE-530TX pci....
>>
>> **** Note for anyone using the D-Link 10/100  - DFE-530TX  the
>> kernel module
>> to use is not listed in the Linuxconf, and is not recognzable at
>> installation
>> because it uses a different kernel driver -  these cards use the
>> "via-rhine"
>> module  simply type in "via-rhine" in the Kernel module option,  for
this
>> card I/O and IRQ aren't neccessary to input for configuration.****
>>
>> Two last things to do for configuring.....   input the mem base
>> address I/O
>> port the card is using and the IRQ number.
>>
>> Hit "Accept",  Quit out of Linuxconf - Activate changes as exiting.
>>
>> Here are some final quick tests to see if it installed.....
>>
>> Open a terminal type " lsmode" ....  that comand will produce a list of
>> modules running on your system, the most recent should be the "ne" we
>> configured.
>>
>> Second .... from the same terminal now type "ifconfig"  a list of
>> two items
>> should come up  "lo" and "eth0"....
>>
>> If they do that's great, if they don't there's one more thing we
>> may need to
>> do, and wouldn't hurt to do any at this point......
>>
>> from the terminal again type     "/etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart"
you
>> should see your "lo" and "eth0" refresh themselves, if they came
>> up on this
>> command then you're all set.....
>>
>> Hope I was of help,
>>
>> Regards,
>> Sean