Re: Netgear FA311 Ethernet Card Problem
-- Thomas H. George,,, <georgeacct@spininternet.com> wrote
(on Saturday, 02 November 2002, 07:34 AM -0500):
> I bought a Netgear FA311 Ethernet Card. On the box it claimed to
> support linux.
>
> Starting with a blank computer I installed Debian 3.0 from an official
> CD set. I ran pppoeconf and got a message that there was a serious
> problem - an address was 1498 that should have been 1500.
>
> Next I loaded kernel-source-2.4.18, built a new kernel with network
> support and rebooted. Now pppoeconf cannot find the ethernet card.
>
> Finally, I looked at the software that came with the card and found it
> came with files to set up the card on any of three versions of Red Hat
> linux. The instructions called for compiling the modules with c using
> the included makefile. I presume that in time I can puzzle out and edit
> the instructions in the makefile to work with Woody. In the meantime,
> if anyone has already done this, I would appreciate help in getting this
> going so I can connect the computer to internet and get some urgently
> needed updates.
I've got this same card in my server using a stock kernel. You need to
use load the kernel module "natsemi".
--
Matthew Weier O'Phinney
matthew@weierophinney.net
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