(Sorry if this is a duplicate post, the original seemed to have gone missing on me)
On my Asus K8V motherboard is a 3-Com 3c2000 NIC. I have downloaded and compiled the Driver (as far as I can tell, new to this distro) but I am having problems getting it to load with the kernel and trying to configure it. The log file messages had some text relating to the startup of the driver but I cannot access the internet etc.
I followed the instructions to extract the tar, "make load" then "ifconfig eth0 up", but when I go to the network configuration utilities in FC1 I can't find the card or driver. Nor can I figure out how to load it on boot. The instructions talk about using "/etc/modules.conf file" or insmod . Also as I cannot select the NIC I cannot tell if it is set to use DHCP.
>From the readme file
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If your system is not configured for DHCP, you can assign an IP address
with the command:
ifconfig eth0 a.b.c.d
Where a.b.c.d is the IP address that you wish to use. Again, eth0 may
be different depending on your system configuration.
Configuring the Driver
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The 3C2000 driver supports various options, which can be supplied
as command line arguments to the 'insmod' command or in the
/etc/modules.conf file. You may specify more than one option.
Unless otherwise stated, all settings take the form of:
<Option-Name>=value [,value...]
If you use the modules.conf file to load the driver at boot time,
include the word "options" when configuring the driver.
For example:
options 3c2000 DupCap_A=Full
If you use command line 'insmod', do not include the word "option"
when configuring the driver.
For example:
insmod 3c2000.o DupCap_A=Full
The following options are supported:
OPTION: Speed_A
Selects the speed of Port A of the NIC.
"Auto" - Automatic Resolution
"10" - 10MBPS
"100" - 100MBPS
"1000" - 1GIG
OPTION: DupCap_A
Selects the duplex capabilities of Port A of the NIC.
"Full" - Full Duplex
"Half" - Half Duplex
"Both" - Both Half Duplex & Full Duplex
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I use an old computer with Smoothwall on it which provides the DHCP.
Anyone have some suggestions as to how to I can ge the network running on FC1, or if their is support for this card in FC3? I saw reference in another list to users using a different driver but the proper one would be nice.
Thanks
Dave