Re: my NIC

[Osamu Aoki <debian@aokiconsulting.com>]

I do not know the solution but following may help if this is pci card.

   # cat /proc/pci|grep -ie ethernet
or # cat /proc/pci|less

This gives actual chip used on the NIC then you can decide which 
driver to use.  I have Kingston Card and Linksys card but they
use same family of chip.

In my case,
    Ethernet controller: LiteOn Unknown device (rev 37).
    Ethernet controller: LiteOn LNE100TX (rev 32).

So I put "tulip" in /etc/modules and rebooted
(Of course, insmod may be better than reboot....)

Osamu

On Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 10:46:57AM -0000, Henry Gomersall wrote:
> I have a D-Link DFE-520TX ethernet card connecting me, via a cable modem to
> the internet. I wish to install debian over the internet. I have installed
> the base system fine, and it all works (i assume) as it should. However,
> This particular card cannot be selected from the list of NICs during
> installation (of the base system from the rescue disk). This then means I
> cannot access the debian FTP site to download any more of debian. I have
> checked on the supported hardware list and this particular card is
> supported. There is a link however to a C file requiring me to recompile the
> kernel to enable support for this card
> (ftp.dlinknet.com/PUB/Drivers/linux.zip). Unfortunately the base system
> doesn't have such added bonuses as the kernel source or Make. Do you have
> any ideas or suggestions about installing debian via an FTP site.
> Many thanks
> 
> Henry Gomersall
> 

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