Re: (progress) Network card not detected or listed in installation

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

ThinKer wrote:

> I typed 'ping www.wired.com' and got .."ping: www.wired.com: Host name
> lookup failure"
>  
Try pinging by address instead of by name. Your DHCP server would be a 
good box to hit.

> Now my question is, is it possible that the "natsemi-scyld' module that
> I loaded was a close match to the suggested 'natsemi', but not exactly
> right, considering that DCHP didn't work?
Very possible, and most likely.

> I have checked the DHCP server
> several times and there are no worries there. I have 2 addresses
> available to be served.
>
> I am now at a shell, what should I try next? I also have another Network
> card if I need to switch (a CNet PowerNIC C200/600/650Eplus PnP ISA card
> from an even older machine). It seems that the NetGear FA311 10/100 PCI
> should be more supported.
I'm thinking that may needs the tulip driver. I'm using a Netgear 
FA310TX (under the brand name Lite-On LNE100TX) which uses tulip. Of 
course, the FA311 may very well need the natsemi driver.


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Kent West (westk@acu.edu)