network adapter configuration in fedora core 4

karellen · 03-20-2006, 12:04 PM

Hi. It seems that fedora doesn't configure correctly my network adapter, so I can't connect to the Internet. I have the ip, subnet mask and dns and the adapter is activated, but still it doesn't work. I am thinking that is because of drivers, but since I can't go online, I can't find them...I wait for suggestions

acid_kewpie · 03-20-2006, 12:38 PM

you won't get drivers online, they will already be in your kernel (well... 98% of the time) but as you've not even told us what the card is... what are we supposed to say? if the card IS loaded, then system-config-network can be used to configure the finer points of it.

karellen · 03-20-2006, 03:20 PM

honestly, it's a generic 100/10M PCI Adapter & 100/10M Wake on LAN PCI Adapter...I have the drivers on disk. In windows I connect through a usb cable, it simplier this way, but in linux I don't think it works. An the the ethernet adapter is not working good either in fedora, it's active but it doesn't connect...

acid_kewpie · 03-20-2006, 04:25 PM

yeah.... i said tell us what the card is... unless there's a company called "generic" then that's not what the card is. maybe it's based on a Realtek 8139 chip? a 3com? also like i said, you will already have the drivers installed, linux doesn't give two hoots about driver disks