[wplug] eth0 missing

[Evan DiBiase]

Logan,

As I explained to you during the installation process, you're going to 
need to load the correct module for the 3c905 model of Ethernet card. 
The page your found indicates that the "Vortex" driver needs to be used, 
and there should be a module for this already installed with Debian.

Do you get any errors if you run "modprobe vortex" as root? If not, the 
module most likely loaded successfully. At this point, you then want to 
add a line with the module name "vortex" to /etc/modules (so that it 
loads at boot time).

Edit /etc/resolv.conf so it looks like this:

nameserver x.x.x.x

(You can have multiple nameserver lines if you have more than one server 
you want to use.)

After you've done this, you want to edit or create the 
/etc/network/interfaces file. Run 'man 5 interfaces' for more 
information on the syntax.

Once you've set the interfaces file up to your liking, run 
/etc/init.d/networking restart and you should be set.

-Evan

On Saturday, April 13, 2002, at 06:43  PM, Logan wrote:

> dmesg probes PCI and starts assorted TCP/IP stuff, no mention of 
> eathernet
> though.
>
> cat /proc/pci gave me this:
>     Bus 0, device 13, function 0:
>         Eathernet Controler: 3Com 3c905 100bTX (rev0)
>             Medium devsel IRP 9, Master Compatable Latency=64. Min 
> Grt=3.Max
> Lat=8
>             I/O at 0xfe80 [0xfe81]
>
> I ran modconf, and they have several modules labled 3c5xx, but nothing 
> that
> matches 3c905.
>
> I found a web page that has the source for a driver that they say will 
> work
> (scyld.com/network/vortex.html) but I don't really know how to convert 
> that
> into a driver that I can use.
> There's a link to 3Com's own Linux drivers for the 3c950B and 3c950C, I
> don't know if these are compatable with my card, it only reported it as
> 3c905. Is there somewhere that I can find out more specificly if my 
> card is
> the B or C model?
>
>     -Logan
>
>> Check if the card is found by either looking at the output from
>> 'dmesg', or 'cat /proc/pci'. If you are using the default install
>> kernel, use 'modconf' to load the appropriate module for the card.
>>
>>                                                  -arun
>
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