Newbie needs help configuring a Asound Ethernet 100/10m Card.

budest · 10-24-2002, 07:58 PM

Boy am I getting annoyed???

Trying to steup my ethernet card to work in Linux. It is an Asound 100/10m ethernet adaptor by Myson Technologies, I think. I want to connect my cable modem to it for internet access but I am having no joy.

It came with a diskette which included drivers for Linux, but as I am using Mandrake 9.0, the drivers are for an older version and I am getting an error message. The driver name is 'FEALNX.C' I have been advised to install the driver to the following path..../lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/kernel/drivers/net

I did so and this does not seem to be of any assistance to me. As when I try to setup an internet connection I am promted to select a driver to use and none of them tend to work and the one I installed doesn't seem to be listed. This occurs in the Mandrake Control Centre.

Can anyone help me sort this out as I am getting fustrated having to reboot to windows everytime I want to connect to the net.

The information that I require is from scratch again. Can someone tell me the correct driver to find and download and how to install it correctly? Also how to then check that I can indeed connect to the net?

I should point out that it is a PCI Card.

Thanking you in advance for any informtion provided.

Thymox · 10-24-2002, 08:21 PM

Welcome to LQ, Budapest.

It appears from here that there are three main types of card... a RealTek based card (in which case it is supported directly, and I am surprised that it wasn't detected), an ADMtek card and a 'native' Asound card. There is a drivers page and Linux drivers are available for both the RealTek card and the Asound card, but there doesn't appear to be anything for the ADMtek card.

You've given an extract of the README.TXT file that comes with the Asound Linux driver, and if you follow it to the letter it should work fine (I think

).

Code:

Installation:

  1. copy the source code fealnx.c to Linux,

  2. compile the source code, the instruction for compiling the driver is
     as follows:

        #gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/net/inet -Wall
             -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c fealnx.c

  3. insert the driver as module,

        #insmod fealnx.o

  4. bind your card to an IP address

        #ifconfig eth0 ${IPADDR} broadcast ${BROADCAST} netmask ${NETMASK}

  5. add your card to IP routing table,

        #route add -net ${NETWORK} netmask ${NETMADK} eth0

  6. now, you should be able to ping local network.

budest · 10-24-2002, 08:46 PM

I tried following it to the T but when I type the first command in I get error messages and then when I move unto the second nothing happens and as the other two commands I am lost. What is the ipaddress, is it my ip address on the net? Broadcast???? This I am also unsure about, what do I type here? And I am also confused as to what the netmask is?

As you can see I am new to Linux and don't know much

Thymox · 10-25-2002, 06:39 AM

If you get an error on the first point, you should try to resolve that before you go any further. What error message were you getting? How were you trying to do it?

budest · 10-25-2002, 12:43 PM

I am not even sure now if the card is an Asound. How can I check? It came in a PC WORLD box with the model number: EP-320X-S1 and the card itself it has a number: bc001. I am not sure what this number is, probably the chipset.

I rang a helpline and they suggested that the card was a 3com card and not an Asound. Though the Asound driver that I downloaded for windows seems to work ok.

I am lost confused as no-one can seem to help.

As regards the error message, it was something along the lines of "the driver is for an older version of kernel."

What do I do?

budest · 10-25-2002, 12:47 PM

OK, I am pretty sure that it is an Asound 10/100m 8139. So my trouble is finding a driver that will work in Linux, kernel version 2.4.19-19mdk.

Thymox · 10-27-2002, 05:24 PM

If it's the 8139, then try this:
modprobe 8139too (as root) and then ping something... preferably a known IP!

budest · 10-28-2002, 01:34 PM

I tried modprobe 8139too and I am receiving an error message. I did manage to get my connection established to the net via the ethernet card but when I rebooted I lost it. I don't know what I did or what I should do now. I believe I need to set the I/o and IRQ but I am unaware as to what the value of them is. How can I find this out??? And why am I losing the configuration?

When I did manage to establish a connection I used the 8139too driver, but as I said, I lost the configuration and am unaware as to what I am to do now.

nonamenobody · 12-16-2002, 04:36 PM

according to http://linuxrouter.kldp.org/lancard.htm, you need the tulip driver, for the Surecom EP-320X-S1.

EL3CTRO · 12-30-2002, 10:29 AM

Hey, I have the same card as you budest- A cheapie PC World one

Anyway, try downloading this, these are updated drivers from the ones that came with the card: http://www.surecom-net.com/support/d...rs/ep320xs.exe

I'm not sure if they work yet, as my linux box's floppy drive has packed in, and cause the network isnt working, I cant get the drivers onto it

Hope it helps anyway.

EL3CTRO · 12-30-2002, 10:46 AM

Ohhh, furthermore, after having a look at those drivers I pointed you too.. they didn't seem much help, so after more research, I came across this post on a forum:

http://www.getlinuxonline.com/yabbse...;threadid=1442

Same drivers I believe, gives instructions there on a command to compile the .c file that will work.. hoped this helped too