I'm running RedHat 9, my ethernet adapter is a NetGear FA311 but RedHat seems to think it's a NatSemi DP83815

Are those two the same thing or should it actually be NetGear instead? (I think NatSemi is the chip on the FA311, but if not, how do I change it to NetGear?)


Anyway, nothing works... when I restart the network, it fails on "Determening IP information" or something like that.

Can I determine if my computer can communicate with the network card? If I knew that part is OK, I could get easier support from my ISP... (they don't do support on Linux)

Do IPS:s have a problem with connecting a Linux computer? Can they see a difference? My intenet connection is through a cable modem connected to my ethernet card.



Thanx in advance...


some new info: when going to the KDE control center, information about PCI, it says:

"Ethernet Controller NatSemi DP83815
Subsystem: Netgear: unkown device f311"

does that mean I don't have the correct driver or are the settings wrong?

No thats detected correctly as the natsemi. Its what mandrake calls it too but mine works. Actaully mine is listed as an 83810 according to the hardware conf..

I wonder if this relates to the incorrect chip ID as a FA312 in anyway or if thats just a driver version?

http://www.netgear.com/support/suppo....asp?dnldID=57

Grabbing a mirro and a flashlihgt, shows the Chip ID on my card is DP83816A etc.... so.... I guess the specific chip ID is similar enough to the DP83810 and hopefully the 815. This shold not be your problem.

1. Have you checked the Plug and play setting in your BIOS config, this seems to be the cause of a lot of weird hardware issues with linux, disable it if you find it on and see if that fixes the issue.


Edit:

KDE has the same text as yours under PCI info for me as well, but KDE is just a GUI so I don't really thinks its info is that important.