hi to all,
gr8 FORUM.I need help my ethernet card is not getting detected in linux.whereas it getting detected in windows.so i could not config the netconnection in linux.mine is redhat enterprise 4 edition.i have chosen all the possible hardware setting and nothing works.is there any command for auto detection of hardware since my ethernet card works fine .my motherboard is asus x series

I don't know what interface card you are using, but the first thing I would do is 'google' the model number (using google.com/linux of course) and see what the name of the approiate driver is. Oh, I should mention that I am an Ubuntu user, which is Debian based...but same/same for the most part. Anyway...Next you can enter"

$ lsmod
this should list all of your drivers (some are loaded/and some are module that will load when needed)...look for the driver you are supposed to have, maybe even use a better command like...

$ lsmod | grep <yourdrivername>

or at least...(and especially if the 'grep' don't produce what your looking for)...the 'more' will show the entire file but pausing one page at a time...

$ lsmod | more #spacebar lets you continue...

if you do have the appropriate driver, then '$ lspci' should show your card, maybe even '$ lspci | grep <keyword from your card manufactuer>' for example '$ lspci | grep realtek' on my box...if it is listed then your card is detected and loaded. Also I should mention that just because it might show up here does not mean that the low-level configuration is perfect...like almost the right driver or something like that, but it is a good place to start.

To configure automatically...Now you'll have to bear with me, Ubuntu, I'm not bragging or anything...just explaning why I have'nt had to fight this situation to much, But, Ubuntu has always detected, loaded, and configured all of my NIC's (network interface cards) pretty well. Wireless always seem to be a pain, but my workaround is a router in client mode piped through an ethernet NIC. Anyhow...

$ ifup -a

should cofigure/deconfigure any network cards that are properly installed, by the kernel that is, Im sure you know how to plug one into the PCI slot although equally important.

Well without know a whole lot more about your system, and I am by no means an expert, I think that might at least point you toward some success. If I am way out there then I appologize.

Happy Hackin ,
rhaag71

I think 'lspci' should show the hardware even if no driver is loaded. Depending on how your system is set up you might need to use '/sbin/lspci' instead.

Is this device integrated into the motherboard or is it a plug-in card? Your description is not quite clear. Sometimes very new motherboards have unsupported network hardware.

As a last resort you can always buy a plug-in NIC for a couple of dollars and connect through that instead.

Please be more specific about the motherboard, although it would be even better if you could post the exact type of NIC.

There is a real possibility that the NIC in question was not supported by RHEL yet - I have a fairly recent mobo with a REALTEK NIC and both Fedora 5 & 6 were unable to detect it (Fedora is closely related to RHEL so ...). The solution was to download the appropriate driver from REALTEK, install it and then do some minimal configuration.

guys, can i try connecting my usb instead of my ethernet.will that work

So you have an ADSL or cable modem with both USB and ethernet connections, and you are connecting your PC to it directly?

To use USB you probably still need a driver for the modem. Is your modem on this list anywhere?

http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/searc...?pattern=modem

Otherwise you can Google your modem make and model along with 'linux' and see if there are any reports of success. I never used a USB modem, so can't help much more than that.

What's the problem with the ethernet? Did the various suggestions above not give any useful extra information?

thanks for the last tip.i will follow it

the problem was that i could not find the the driver for my ethernet it is sis 190 100/10 ethernet driver for redhat enterprise 4 edition

So did you get it running? There has been a sis190 driver in the linux kernel for a while. I'm not familiar with RHE4.

glad to inform u guys that now I have loaded redhat enterprise 5 server edition.It automatically detected my ethernet card.I am happy that i am posting this reply through linux .thanks again to all the people who took time to answer my query.Happy Posting