ethernet confusion...

[Matt Price]

On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 02:10:12PM +1200, Jim Cheetham wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-04-17 at 21:55 -0400, Matt Price wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 09:07:07AM +1200, Jim Cheetham wrote:

> > isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
> > isapnp: Card 'Plug & Play Ethernet Card'      <-- this is my card, I think
> > isapnp: Card 'CS4236B'
> > isapnp: 2 Plug & Play cards detected total
> 
> Cool. The hardware has been recognised, but not associated with a
> network interface yet. Just because the text name says "Ethernet"
> doesn't mean that your machine realises what it's supposed to do. 
> 
> Probably the right module for your card is present on the machine, but
> needs to be loaded. Perhaps I've missed an earlier comment in the
> thread, but what sort of card is this? Any serial numbers? Even the MAC
> address would be useful, as that would identify the original
> manufacturer.
> 

thanks for the hint!  I found the FCC ID # on the side of the card,
googled it, determined it was a cheap clone of a Realtek 8019, which
itself uses the NE2000 drivers; determined that there's a "Plug & Play"
problem with these cards; added "ne" to /etc/modules; and voila!
works great now.

thanks for your help!

matt


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