Hi. Wouldn't the Eprom be configured if it already had Windows init the card? or does it have to be reset each time the machine is booted? BC those with Wake-on LAN support actually store the values in NVRAM. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Toby Fisher" <toby_fisher@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 8:04 PM Subject: Re: Network card problems > On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Alex Snow wrote: > > > I just got rid of dhcp, and have assigned all computers on the network, > > including the linux box, ip addresses. I reran netconfig and gave it the > > new ip address, netmask, and gateway. Now when I type ifconfig I see the > > the net address is 192.168.1.101, that's what I assigned it. Only problem > > is I still have no network support. I can't ping the box, and I can't > > connect to my router using lynx. Could there be some configuration on the > > card that is messed up? Someone suggested that I run isapnp, but the card > > seems to be detected fine. > > If you are using an isa network card, as I think was mentioned earlier > this week, you may first need to configure the card's eprom. Usually, the > card will come with a utility for DOS and Windows to do this. If this is > the case, the problem is that the network card does not know what irq and > base address it is using, and thus Linux has no way to find it. > > HTH > > -- > Toby Fisher Email: toby at g0ucu.freeserve.co.uk > Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 > ICQ: #61744808 > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
