Slackware 9.1, PCI or onboard NIC, Comcast through a router

Frogmum · 12-11-2003, 07:28 PM

See, I'm a n00b to linux and I need help getting online with slackware 9.1, i have a pci nic and an a7n8x deluxe so i can use any of those if need be. My ISP is comcast but i connect to a router for our home network. The router is a linksys befsr41(or close to that). Please help, i've read other tutorials and what not but i just need straight help.

zaphodiv · 12-11-2003, 08:23 PM

you can try using netconfig.

Or if the network card has been detected you can edit /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 to enable dhcp and add your isp's nameservers to /etc/resolv.conf

Frogmum · 12-11-2003, 09:21 PM

frick how do i get to like my hardware part to be sure if i my nic is working or not?

burnpile · 12-11-2003, 09:33 PM

as root type
ifconfig
if it only lists lo, you'r nic isn't recognized. If it has an eth0 entry then it is.
if it is, then type
dchpcd eth0
to see if it connects. If all is good then edit the files referenced in the above post

Frogmum · 12-11-2003, 09:49 PM

well, its lo which is a whole nother bag of crack.

burnpile · 12-11-2003, 09:53 PM

try ifconfig eth0 up
just in case

what nic is your network cable attached to? Might have to load the module for it.

Frogmum · 12-11-2003, 10:33 PM

i have my NIC in the PCI slot connected to the cable cause i figured it'd be easier to config than the onboard.

burnpile · 12-12-2003, 12:44 PM

I was talking about the make/model of the card so the driver can be determined

Frogmum · 12-13-2003, 10:30 AM

The NIC is a Realtek RTL8139(A) PCI Fast Ethernet adapter

burnpile · 12-13-2003, 02:30 PM

type in the command
lsmod
and see if 8139too is listed. If not then try

insmod 8139too

Frogmum · 12-13-2003, 03:07 PM

ok, so i got some drivers for the NIC from http://www.scyld.com/network/updates.html#rpm
and when i follow the instructions up to the Make command it all works (well except for teh downloading part i put it on a floppy and extracted it into teh /tmp/netdrivers folder since the tar command didn't want to work. So anyways when i type make it does some things and i get cc: installation problem, cannot exec 'as' : no such file or directory
make: *** [pci-skeleton.o] error 2

Also when i tried insmod 8139too it said everything was unresolved.

burnpile · 12-13-2003, 05:02 PM

I'm not at all familiar with the driver you downloaded. Included in the tarball there should have been a readme or faq file. Hopefully it can help resolve the installation problem. I did however see that realtek 8139 PCI nic's are supported by the 2.4 kernel. My opinion is to read this thread and try to configure your kernel http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=49035