Problem Recognising NIC

gladhe8r · 08-11-2002, 01:31 AM

I'm having a hell of a time trying to configure the NIC and DSL services. (I come from the world of clicking on the "next" button)

I have read a lot of docs/faqs that other people have posted with no avail.

I have successfully installed Redhat Linux 7.3... and the NIC is a 3Com 3C905 (which is their standard nic)

What am I doing wrong? or is there an easier way to get the NIC to be recognised?

Thanks,
Simon

Mara · 08-11-2002, 06:29 AM

Where do you have problem?
To see if your NIC is visible in the system use
cat /proc/pci
and look if you can see your NIC mentioned there.
Then you need to run a driver for it
insmod modulename
Get the driver from 3com site. (I'm using Lynx now, so I can't copy the link for you).

gladhe8r · 08-11-2002, 11:35 AM

Sorry, I have a 3cr990-tx-97 card. I had wrote it down incorrectly.

I'll try the drivers on the 3com site. If they do not work (3com does not support linux yet but they have a number of drivers that I can try)...

Thanks,
Simon