Re: Network Installtion problem.

[Paul Miller <pmiller@jove.acs.unt.edu>]

1. Check the output of the command 'dmesg'. Look for text that pertains
to your network card.  If 'dmesg' shows that the drivers loaded
successfully goto step 3. 
If 'dmesg' did not show anything look at the output of 'lsmod'. Look for
the module names '8390' and 'ne'. 

2. If the modules are not listed, then try 

	insmod 8390	<-- This module must be loaded before the ne module.
	insmod ne

and see if these two modules load. If they load, try the ifconfig stuff
below. If they do not load, you need to compile your own kernel.

3. Try configuring the card by hand using ifconfig? 

	ifconfig eth0 up
or
	ifconfig eth0 <put.your.ip.address_here> netmask <netmask.here>



Hope this helps,

> Tom Champion wrote:
> 
> I hope someone can help me.
> 
> I can't get my network card working and as the CDRom is on another
> machine I cannot install the packages until I can get an ftp
> connection between the Linux machine and NT server.
> 
> When I installed the base system the network card that I have,
> installed properly as a ne200 compatible, it even came up when I ran
> ifconfig under the shell from the installation menu.
> 
> When I rebooted the into Linux the network card had disappeared.  I
> only get the loopback when I run ifconfig.
> 
> I am a newbie to Linux and hope that someone can solve this problem, I
> have been searching through the debian archives and other sources for
> this answer.
> 
> I had problems with installing RedHat onto the machine and gave up in
> the end, so it could be a problem with the machine.  The strange thing
> is that it configured and displayed in the installation, but won't
> when it is running.
> 
> Tom..

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Paul Miller
pmiller@jove.acs.unt.edu