Re: newbie - how do I install a driver for my network adapter
Hey henrik
first, try ifconfig. look for eth0 - this is your ethernet card.
if you see it there, but net access still isnt working, then your system
is seeing the hardware, but it just isnt set up correctly.
some quick fixes that might work-
ifup -a
or
pump
else, look in /etc/network/interfaces and check if everything is set up
right. read man interfaces to get a jist of the syntax and such.
if you dont see eth0 when you run ifconfig, then the system does not
know about hte hardware yet.
the biggest issue here is whether your card is ISA or PCI.
if ISA, run apt-cache search isapnp and install everything that comes
up.
try the man pages for isapnp, isapnp.conf, modutils, and update-modules.
Basically, debian has a special way of managing etc/modules.conf - it
generates it from multilpe files contained in /etc/modutils. After you
update the config files in modutils, you need to run update-modules to
generate a new modules.conf.
I havent dealt much with PCI stuff, largely because I havent had any
problems.
however, something you might try is this:
first, find out what module your card uses
now run lsmod
do you see that module listed?
if not, run insmod modulename
and then run ifup -a and pump. if you are lucky, you will be in
business.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Henrik Jensen" <hj@netwerk.dk>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 3:16 PM
Subject: newbie - how do I install a driver for my network adapter
> Hi,
> I´ve spent the entire evening looking for instructions on how to make
a
> network adapter work, but I didn´t find the info i needed, so I
subscribed
> to this list in hope of getting some qualified help :-)
>
> I installed Debian 2.2 using the "simple" method, and I was never
asked
> about configuring the network at all...
>
> So I tried pinging 127.0.0.1 - that worked allright, but pinging
anything
> else outside the computer failed.
>
> I found a command (something like "configure eth0 192.168.1.n netmask
> 255.255.255.0 up") for configuring the card, but I was informed that
the
> adapter did not exist.
>
> What do I do? How do I probe for hardware? How do I 'make it work'?
>
> Thx in advance for any help!
> /Henrik
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