Network Everywhere NX100U-WM NIC installation woes.
After a week of frustration, I have decided that my
network problems must caused by a bad NIC, not
cabling, configuration, or switch problems. I have
also determined which box must have the bad NIC. So I
went out and bought a new card and am trying to get it
installed.
The old card was an ISA NE2000 compatible card.
The new card is a PCI Network Everywhere NC100U-WM.
Network Everywhere does not provide tech support for
linux, but they do show where to get source and how to
compile the driver. They also show how to install the
driver on Slackware with a 2.0.XX kernel. Well, the
driver that they say to compile is the tulip driver,
and I have that already in my /lib/modules/2.2.17/net/
directory, so I removed the ne2000 line from
/etc/modules and replaced it with a tulip line with no
parameters. Unfortunately, the card is not being
found when the system reboots.
I tried to run 'modprobe tulip' but I get the
following error:
# modprobe tulip
Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than
/lib/modules/2.2.17/modules.dep
/lib/modules/2.2.17/net/tulip.o: init_module: Device
or resource busy
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module
parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
/lib/modules/2.2.17/net/tulip.o: insmod
/lib/modules/2.2.17/net/tulip.o failed
/lib/modules/2.2.17/net/tulip.o: insmod tulip failed
#
All instructions are for Windows and assume that
Windows will configure the PnP card each time it
boots. There is no default IRQ, or IO address
supplied.
How do I find what the device is set for and how do I
change it, if necessary?
Has anyone had any luck with this card, or do I need
to return it and get somethin else?
Marc Shapiro
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