Re: D-Link DE 220 Ethernet Card
Mike Brownlow <mike> wrote:
> Ken Galloway <morph@isys.ca> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Asked this question yesterday, anybody have any hints how to get
> > this to work with Debian 2.0, crashes on installation and using
> > the rescue disk....
> >
> > if u want to flame me great... i just want to get it working
> > with debian... if not hey it works great with redhat
> >
> >
> > Ken Galloway
>
> I had problems with that card as well. Although I think I got it to work once
> by changing which slot it was in. Have you tried all the many IRQ's and base
> addresses? I remember having to switch to the console screen and play around
> with insmod for a while. But for the record, I haven't gotten it to work since.
>
> Too little too late did I see that DE220's are in the bad_clone_list in
> ne.c that they "none-the-less recognize."
>
> Didn't have problems with a DFE-500TX from D-Link though.
>
> HTH,
Ok, just tried it with my newer computer (and 2.0.36) and it worked ok. It
didn't work before on my older 486 (with 2.0.34).
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