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Old 06-29-2002, 09:03 AM   #1
angelo21
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Angry Network card problem....


Network card is not compatible with RedHat Linux 7.3!

I bought a "Buffalo network card"(Model no:LCI3-TXI)a year ago,it works well on my Windows XP & 98.However,when I first installed my "new" RedHat Linux 7.3,the OS cannot detect my network card.What makes the matter worse is that even I choose to add that network card via the list,it cannot be activated!I've checked out the official RedHat Linux website that my network card is not supported by their OS.Ironically,my friend used the same network card,same OS(RedHat 7.3) and it works well!!!! He said it may be caused by the confliction of my hardware.

I am wondering,what method or suggestions do you guys have on this problem???Should I configure this network card by modifying the config file??e.g.Driver??It's pretty hard to me.Because I've get used to use all my hardware without installing drivers(Because of Windows. )Any suggestions from you guys are most appreciative!

I'm a on Linux.
 
Old 06-29-2002, 12:37 PM   #2
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There are a dozen reasons why RedHat's hardware detection eats it. First off is to figure out what module that network card uses. Unfortunately buffalo put out a lot of cards and their chipsets varied, so its a matter of finding out what chipset the card uses, feeding that info into www.google.com/linux and figuring out the module name. If the card is PCI, what's the output from the command line of:

/sbin/lspci -v

Cheers,

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Old 06-29-2002, 03:44 PM   #3
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If you know what's your card and the modules it need, modprobe this modules and then try this: ifconfig eth0 up

this should " up " your card. One of my friend newbie to linux told me that his network card are not automaticaly "uped" under red hat. I'm not sure to believe this but give a try anyways
 
Old 07-03-2002, 05:04 AM   #4
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Smile Step by step

Would you guys tell me how to solve this problem step by step??Because I don't really understand the procedures.

Thank you all you guys for helping me to solve this problem.
 
Old 07-03-2002, 04:12 PM   #5
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It,s really hard to give you step by step instruction because we don't really know what's your problem...

First try the command: lspci and look if you have something about an Ethernet card. Post the result here.
 
Old 07-03-2002, 10:36 PM   #6
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first make really sure that your card is completely not detected by running this command

/sbin/./ifconfig

You should see an lo, and below that you should see a description of eth0 if your card is actually detected to be there. If it is....now yo need to tell us what kind of internet you are trying to access, wheter it be Cable modem or DSL modem....
after that we can help you a bit more.
good luck.
 
Old 07-21-2002, 09:35 AM   #7
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Talking I've got some clue...

I've been giving up this network card problem about 10 days because I have to read some reference book about Linux.And I've got some clue on it.
I've just done what you guys told me.I type in "ifconfig eth0 up" in order to put up my network card.Moreover,I type in "ifconfig -a" to check whether my network card is up.Hopefully,the mesage from eth0 showed that my network card was successfully put up.However,when I type in adsl-start,it didn't start.I've installed rp-pppoe and set it up.But it doesn' work.I don't know why I can't log on the net....
My network card is buffalo LCI3-TXI.Do you guys use it and got the same problems like me???Any suggestions from you all would be appreciative.
By the way,I am using ADSL-modem.

Last edited by angelo21; 07-21-2002 at 09:37 AM.
 
Old 07-22-2002, 08:39 AM   #8
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kindda old threath you got still going, hehe,
who is your ISP??, and make your all the PPPoE options are enabled in the kernel...you might have to recompile it,
 
Old 07-23-2002, 04:38 AM   #9
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Unhappy I don't know what you mean??

I'm sorry,what do you mean???? And how to do it???My ISP is a Hong Kong ISP...I think that you don' know it..
 
Old 07-23-2002, 04:11 PM   #10
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Hong Kong ISPs... oh yeah, I've got a list right here... er, just kidding, anyway, are you certain your ISP uses pppoe to authenticate to them. If you have a password and username you have to plug in, then yeah, that's it. Less common, but infinetly less annoying is dhcp or a simple static. What errors does the Roaring Penguin kick out on startup?

Cheers,

Finegan
 
Old 07-24-2002, 03:53 AM   #11
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hey angelo21 do you know how to compile the kernel?
 
Old 07-25-2002, 05:07 AM   #12
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Thumbs down I don't know how to compile my kernel...

As topic,zlinuz,I don't know how to compile the kernel.Because I'm a NEWBIE.So,Is that mean I have to compile the kernel in order to log on to the net?

By the way,finegan,I'm surprised when I read your message.Because you said you've got a list of HK ISP and you live in Athlanta,U.S.A?Oh my goodness!Fortunately,you're kidding.My ISP uses pppoe to log on.When I type in adsl-start,the screen did not show any error.However,it began a new line of command.e.g.<root@home>And when I type in the adsl-status to check out whether I've successfully log on,it displayed that the Linux cannot find a pppoe configuration file in the folder.Did i install the rp-pppoe incorrectly?I don't think so.Because I've uninstalled it and installed it again.The results are the same.

Maybe I've to read more books to figure it out.Yup,thanks for you guys for constantly replying to my annoying question!I appreciate that. If you have any ideas on it,please feel free to reply me.

Last edited by angelo21; 07-25-2002 at 05:10 AM.
 
Old 07-26-2002, 07:34 PM   #13
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Question Anyone have any ideas of this question?

As topic,anyone have any ideas about my network card problem?I'm frustrated right now.
 
Old 07-26-2002, 08:29 PM   #14
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well...yeah it is necessary for your kernel to have the PPPoE support compiled in it...otherwise RP will not work. by the way, did you get the text version or the GUI version of RP?, sounds like the text version.
Anyway, having your ethernet card working is a big step....and you're very close from solving all this puzzle...so just keep at it. You might have to learn how to compile your kernel then if you don't know...there are some very good guides, check out www.google.com/linux
and just search for "Compiling kernel"
good luck,
 
Old 07-26-2002, 09:09 PM   #15
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Post the output of the "lspci" command that mentions your ethernet card.
 
  


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