Can't find network card

[guido dom]

Sorry, misunderstanding, probably from my side
It is an IPN2220 (Inprocom) card

2006/2/9, James Gray <james at grayonline.id.au>:
>
> On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 20:01, guido dom wrote:
> > 2006/2/9, James Gray:
> > > On Thursday 09 February 2006 12:41, Paul Kaplan wrote:
> > > > On Wednesday 08 February 2006 13:27, Hamster wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 05:35:44 -0500
> > > > >
> > > > > Paul Kaplan <pkaplan1 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > > > > > I just setup a kubuntu system.  The installer correctly detected
> > > > > > my network card, but after booting the system isn't seeing the
> > > > > > card. ifconfig is reporting only lo.
> > > > >
> > > > > What does ifconfig -a report? If it shows an eth0 it means that
> > >
> > > kubuntu
> > >
> > > > > can see the card, but that no IP address has been configured for
> > > > > it.
> > > > >
> > > > > To configure an IP for the card, you'll need to
> > > > > edit /etc/networking/interfaces and either tell it to use DHCP or
> > > > > manually assign it an IP address.
> > > > >
> > > > > If ifconfig -a shows nothing other than lo, it means the drivers
> > > > > for the card aren't being loaded.
> > > > >
> > > > > HTH
> > > > >
> > > > > H.
> > > >
> > > > ifconfig shows only the loopback, so my assumption is that the
> > > > drivers aren't loaded.  lsmod also is unrevealing and insmod eth0
> > > > gets me
> > >
> > > something
> > >
> > > > like "what's that?!"  As I said, this was a fresh install in which
> > > > the network was detected and configured during the install.
> > >
> > > Yep. eth0 is an alias to a device, not a device in itself.  You need
> to
> > > know
> > > what chipset your card has, then load the kernel module that
> > > corresponds to
> > > the *chipset*.
> > >
> > > For example, this lappy I typing on has an "Intel Pro Wireless
> 2200B/G"
> > > wifi
> > > card which is aliased to "eth0".  However, the correct modprobe spell
> > > is "modprobe ipw2200" which loads the ipw2200 module/driver.  IOW the
> > > "ipw2200"
> > > module is the driver for the NIC.
> >
> > Hello
> >
> > I have the same wificard in my ACER ASPIRE laptop and it does not work
> > with ifconfig add and so on
> > I have installed the drivers with ndiswrapper and it is recognised but
> > gets no ipadres from dhcp
> >
> > etc/network (I use Xandros)/interfaces seems to be correct; it shows two
> > interfaces eth0 (networkcard) and eth1 (wificard)
> >
> > What now?
>
> [Top posting fixed - DONT top mmkay?]
>
> Guido,
>
> Are you saying you have an Intel pro wireless card in your aspire?  If so,
> you don't need NDIS wrapper - it's supported natively in Linux.  The
> specifics of installing under Xandros I can't comment on....never used it.
> Although it wouldn't be too different to other Debian-based distro's.
>
> Maybe ask on a Xandrox list?
>
> Cheers,
>
> James
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Guido (Dom)
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