Re: intel pro/100 m LAN card
On Tue, 17 Sep 2002 21:46:44 -0700
Bob Nielsen <nielsen@oz.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 09:45:02AM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 10:56:35AM -0100, Werner Heuser wrote:
> > > > I have a Compaq Presario 1070 with an Intel Pro/100 (not M, but
> > > > possibly similar) Cardbus II card and have also not found a driver
> > > ..
> > > > > I just bought a Toshiba Satellite 1405-s151 laptop,
> > > > > which includes an intel pro/100 M LAN card. Which
> > > ..
> > >
> > > Both cards are mentioned as supported at
> > > http://www.intel.com/support/network/adapter/1000/linux/e100.htm
> > > also there is the Debian e100 package available for this cards.
> > >
> > > My experience with this type of cards and drivers under Linux are
> > > good. Please include a better description of the problem in your
> > > questions. Why exactly didn't the driver work? Error messages?
> > > Version? ...
> >
> > I never could find the right driver. Searching on the Intel site for
> > the "Pro/100 Cardbus II" only led me to Windows, etc. drivers.
> > Following your message, I was able to find the e100 driver on the Intel
> > web site (searching for a driver for the "Pro/100 M" does show this
> > driver). I couldn't find any Debian package on either the Intel or Debian
> > sites.
> >
> > I'll give it a try, in any case. Thanks.
>
> I had no luck with the e100, so sent an email to Intel support. They
> replied that the card was supported by the eepro100_cb.o module, which
> is included in the pcmcia-source package. I compiled and can load the
> module, but am still not getting the interface bound to eth0:
>
> #ifconfig eth0 up
> eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Run cardinfo as root from a terminal. It will give you a nice graphical interface to cardctl and some simple diagnostics. You can Insert and Eject the card from there as well as determine which socket the computer thinks that the card is plugged into, etc. You might need to boot the computer with the card installed at first. You can use the up/down arrows in the upper right of the cardinfo panel to search through the sockets and see what is installed.
Look in /lib/modules/2.4.18 (whatever)/pcmcia and see if you have a yenta socket module there. If so, rename it or something.
If you have a useless winmodem in the way you might find the modem on ttyS24 (I know, it doesn't exist, and you may see messages at boot telling you that it is trying to free non-existant resources...etc.) If you use pppconfig to set up an Internet connection don't bother to let it search for your modem, it won't find it.
I have the same card, it works fine in my Sony VAIO running woody.
Times have changed, when I was trying to get through the same problems you are having the support people at INTEL told me that the card was not supported in Linux!
good luck!
Craig
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