Re: Need help with new cable modem
On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, Matt Campbell wrote:
> Help!
>
> As of about 8 pm tonight I will have a brand spanking new cable modem
> connection to the internet. However, at this point it looks like it
> might only work for Windows 95, and this sucks. Is there anyone out
> there on the @Home network who might be able to help me configure my
> linux box to use it?
>
> I can tell already I have several issues to address:
>
> 1) Find a driver for the plug-n-pray PCI ethernet controller they
> installed. (Realtek RTL8029 - a really really generic card, the box
> doesn't even have the manufacturers name on it)
It's a ne2000 clone.
This is supported in the recent (~>2.0.34) kernels. I used the ISA ne2000
driver with earlier kernels with no problems).
Bob
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