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Help setting up a network card in slackware

  • 26-08-2005 12:24pm
    #1
    Thomas_S_Hunterson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭


    I was just wondering if anyone could help me setup mynetwork card in Slackware10.1 (i'm a noobie, but i wanna learn the hard way! I've been searching the net, but i can't find anything helpful
    The cardis a PCI 3COM Etherlink XL 3C9008-TPC

    Ican seeit listed in /proc/pci, but i cant seem to be able to connect to my Zyxel DSL modem/router with it

    Thanks


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  • #2
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Can you ping the router? Have you got drivers installed?

    Moving this one to the unix forum. You're much more likely to get an answer there.


  • #3
    Thomas_S_Hunterson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    No, it doesn'tseethe routerat all. Do you mean drivers for the card?, if so no


  • #4
    krinDar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 96 ✭✭krinDar


    sean_keevey wrote:
    Ican seeit listed in /proc/pci, but i cant seem to be able to connect to my Zyxel DSL modem/router with it

    The fact that it is in /proc/pci (what is it listed as under there ? ) means that the card is available to you, but has it been configured for use on the network? I.e does it have an IP address assigned to it ?

    To get information about the network configuration use the following command:
    /sbin/ifconfig -a

    If the card is configured then it should have information such as: 
    eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00  
          inet addr:192.169.1.1  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

    The eth0 should match the name of the card listed in /proc/pci

    If you have not configured it at all then I suggest reading: http://www.slackware.com/config/network.php

    and set the USE_DHCP[0] to Y. Reboot the machine (or restart the network utils using /etc/rc.inet1)


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