I have Dell Inspiron 9100 runniung XP and I want to install Linux
and use it as a dual boot system.

Under XP I have a broadband connection using a Broadcom 440z 10/100
Integrated Controller and is configured with a static IP address, subnet mask, Gateway and a primary & scondary DNS server.

When I installed Red Hat 9 'Workstation', the procedure did not provide a network configuration screen. The rest of the instalaltion
went ok and I was able to login and use Red Hat.

I went on to the Red Hat web site and found documentation on
how to configure an Ethernet connection. I tried to configure the
ethernet device but the device would n ot 'activate'. Unfortunately I did'nt make a note of the exact error.

The 'lspci -n' command did not show a device class of 0200 which I believe is the Ethernet card.

The /etc/modules.conf did hav an entry of 'alias eth0 tg3' which I
beleive is the correct entry for Broadcom.

However, it seems to me that the Red Hat installation is not
detecting the network interface, which works perfectly on
Windows XP.

Can anyone advise as to what I need to do to get the network interface working so that I can connect to the Internet

Thank

Deardoom

The tg3 driver is the correct driver for the Broadcom devices, and even Broadcom has now come out and said to use the tg3 driver that is out there.

The thing that concerns me here is that you are using Redhat 9, which means you are using an OS that is quite old. You may want to try installing Fedora Core 4 (or 5 now) or CentOS, both of which have much more up-to-date software packages as well as kernels. I suggest these as you were trying to install Redhat 9 in the first place, and these keep in the realm of RPM packaging and the Redhat world.

Thanks for the advice. I am downloading Fedora Core 5 and
will go from there

Is that the correct driver for a 440x based connection ???.
Never even knew about it, but I would have expected b44 to be the guy - tg3 for newer kit maybe ???.

Just to share my experience, I have Dell 9100, dual boot with grub
Fedora Core 5 (from DVD in a mag) and Win XP Pro.

Installing Fedora Core 5 was a breeze, everything, including the broadcom
ethernet is working just great. The only thing is the wireless network
card in the 9100 is not recognized (also a broadcom)
Hardware must be OK since the 'other OS' works with the wireless.

Did an UPDATE with Fedora Core, and the the wireless hardware was also
recognized. The only thing is that I can not get it "activate"-d.
It just wont link up, almost as if the Broadcast function of the
wireless I/F is off. Won't even beep the leds on the wireless router.

On another thread a few daysago I read someone put FC 6.o on a
Dell 9100 and had problems with ethernet (broadcom) not working.
I guess I'll stick with FC 5 for now.
Good luck.

Try www.google.com for "ndiswrapper". More at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html for many solutions.