Re: Help with network drivers

From: Paulo Goncalves (lgdwnuna.hsyv@onolab.com)
Date: Mon Mar 06 2000 - 14:29:18 EET

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    On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Richard Adams wrote:

    > On Fri, 03 Mar 2000, Paulo Alexandre Figueiredo Goncalves wrote about, Help width network drivers:
    > > I know this isn't the right place but maybe someone can help me.
    > >
    > > I have this network card: KTI ET 32/Px Series PCI Ethernet Adapter , but
    > > I can't put it to work because I don't have the module for it.
    > > If someone can help me, plese right me.
    >
    > I dont know this card but in /usr/doc/*-HOWTOs/Ethernet-HOWTO i found the
    > following.
    > 5.27.2. NE2000-PCI (RealTek/Winbond/Compex)
    > Status: Supported, Driver Name: ne, ne2k-pci (+8390)
    > Yes, believe it or not, people are making PCI cards based on the more
    > than ten year old interface design of the ne2000. At the moment nearly
    > all of these cards are based on the RealTek 8029 chip, or the Winbond
    > 89c940 chip. The Compex, KTI, VIA and Netvin cards apparently also
    > use these chips, but have a different PCI ID.
    >
    > You can read the rest yourself.
    >
    > It all comes down to;
    > If you are using a distibution installed kernel then you have support for
    > that card already in module form.
    >
    > modprobe ne2k-pci
    >
    > might even work as is, try it.
    >
    >
    > > Thank you,
    > > Paulo Gonçalves.
    > --
    > Regards Richard
    > terhi.victor@logonet.com
    > http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/
    >

    It's alredy working, tkank you for your help,

           Paulo Goncalves.



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