Get old ISA NIC to work
 

Hello,
I have installed DamnSmallLinux on a pc with the following specs:
486DX Processor... I'm supposing its 133MHz
1GB HD
16MB RAM
4x CD-ROM

I have recently added an ISA NIC to it so I could use the computer in my home network but I don't know how to set it up, apparently setting it up by netcardconfig does not work.
I am able to ping 127.0.0.1 successfully; but I'm not able to ping my router or any other computer on my network.

I would appreciate any help.
Thanks

Any help will be appreciated. lol

Try 'ifconfig' it see it linux is even finding the card.

I tried this as well, and ended up having to go out and get a PCI NIC. Look on the HCL (hardware compatibility list) and see if yours is listed, though I doubt it will be.

The nice thing is that PCI NICs are $10 or less these days...

what kind of nic. do you have. ? ( brand & type )
i have an 'oldy' with a 3c509-isa working ok. ( in fact, slackware detected it at install )

egag

Thanks for your replies
When I boot the PC it tells me that eth0 was found but when it finishes booting and I type ifconfig it only shows:
lo Link encap:Local Loopback

The computer doesn't have PCI so a PCI NIC is not an option.

I was playing with the network configs in the /etc folder and got to a config file which had this in it content:
address 192.168.0.103 (which was the ip I assigned to the PC)
netmask 255.255.255.0 (which is the network subnet mask)
network 192.168.0.1 (my network)
broadcast 192.168.0.255 (not sure about what this is?)
gateway 192.168.0.1 (the router)

I did ifconfig again and it showed eth0

I tried to ping 192.168.0.1 and all the pings were unsuccessful, I tried pinging 127.0.0.1 and the pings were successful.

Why can't I ping my router?
Does it have to do with the DHCP settings? if so how can I change them?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Do you know the make and model of the NIC?
If it's an ISA PnP NIC you may be able to
detect it using pnpdump...


Cheers,
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