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pkd_lives:
Thanks for that.

The website is here and it seems to be specifically Windows orientated.

Mandrake uses the Tulip driver, so I am guessing I can configure it to work under RedHat. I am looking to get RH working Internet wise because it is much less bloated. And I just prefer the simple view RH offers.

voidmain:
Hmmmm, it might be helpful to see the output from the "dmesg" command after a fresh boot into RedHat, and the output from the "/sbin/lspci -v" command. I have a feeling it just might need a parameter added to the kernel in the boot loader configuration or in  the /etc/modules.conf.

If done a lot of searching and found lots of successes with this card. But I've also found a lot of people complain that they can not get it to work. I did find some testimonials on the linksys web site stating that the card works great in Linux so...

pkd_lives:
It would seem that the best chance is to recompile my kernel with the latest tulip driver, the prob. still exists in RH8.0. That seems to be the closest answer with a working result. Which is telling me that the card is a little unstable - Think I'll find some dumb Win user and sell it on.

However I tried to stick my Etherlink III (could be II) and that detected but failed too. Now again this is also a card that seems a bit strange and also it's on the ISA ports, and I cannot guarantee the front end of this card is working properly. And I cannot guarantee my ISA'a are running properly, I think there are track issues - the mobo once got really badly flexed and thrown across a room, and it has been trodden on and a cat likes to sniff at it now and again.

So I am thinking of just teaching myself linux and C++ for a while on this one and getting myself a laptop and retiring this thing - that has been a plan for a while, I just need to get the cash together.

voidmain:
Wow, you must have problems if you can't get a 3com card to work. I did find conflicting information on that other card. I found testimonials on the LinkSys web site that the card works great under Linux (of course it would on the LinkSys web site). Then I found another site where people said the card was crap. Some even initially rated it highly and came back later and said it sucked. I've been pretty lucky I guess. I've even picked up $10 Dlink cards at best buy and stuck them in blindly and they worked perfectly. I've used about every 3com card there is from the beginning of my Linux days and there has always been great 3com support. Very odd.

pkd_lives:
Coming at ya from Red Hat 8.0.

Phew. Just goes to prove how chasing GUI is not a good idea - never thought it was, but just goes to show.

Okay it seems that in 7.3 there are tulip driver issues, the wrong one is compiled - this appears not so in RH 8.0, or something.

However I did two things wrong. I do not need to configure network for my DSL line, I just used the System tools Internet configuration wizard ***spit*** and entered the asked for info. When I edited the info last time I changed the provider box to provider.net - well RH does not require the .net extension - as does mandrake.

I activated the xDSL and bang it came up. My network card will still not activate, because it is trying to activate without being connected to a network proper. I think - there is going to be no  DNS and nowhere to DHCP from so to speak.

In fact I think I can remove the network card form the network devices and then I won't have to wait two mins while it fails to activate.

Wow. If I new what I was doing I would not have had to use GUI, and would not have screwed up with a stupid mistake and not spotted it.

Hey Lazygamer, if you get that DSL modem and a network card - it's a piece of cake to get up and running

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