Re: Configuring a NIC
Phil <phillinux@brainlink.com> wrote:
I installed Debian and never got the network card recognized. I've been
looking over past NIC configuration inquiries on this forum as well as at
DebianHELP.org. Most of the solutions seem to involve finding drivers,
making modules and compiling a new kernel. unfortunately downloading
drivers is the only part of that process I can claim familiarity with! is
there any place with Thorough documentation and step by step explanation?
Unless you have some exotic hardware situation, chances are you already
have the correct modules already compiled and on your system, and all
that is needed is a bit of configuration to make it work. A lot of this
"should" have been done during the install, but it is easy to overlook
and/or miss unless you have "been there" before. This is especially
true with making sure the proper NIC drivers are loaded or present. I
don't know of a "step-by-step" tutorial specific for Debian, but I would
suggest you get and become familiar with the following "HOWTOS":
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO.html (ethernet HOWTO)
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Networking-Overview-HOWTO.html
These both contain a LOT of info about Linux networking in general, and
have lots of good links to other resources.
For things specific to configuring networking for Debian I would refer
you to "man interfaces" for the proper config of your network interfaces
once you get them recognized. There is also a lot of documentation on
specific NICs in the kernel-source tree under
"/usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/" that I have found useful.
You may or maynot have this installed...dunno.
A bit more info would be quite helpful in focusing your current approach.
1. Which NIC (make & model) are you using?
2. What does "lspci" say?
3. What does 'lsmod" say?
4. What does 'ifconfig" say?
5. Which version of Debian are you using? (Potato, Woody, Sid??)
These are fairly standard questions when running into NIC setup problems
and the answers really help focus down on what is NOT happening.
Cheers,
-Don Spoon-
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