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XxD:
Hey, I know NO Code at all.. I mean NONE... will the mandrake linux walk me through howto load it?

Ill go buy Linux for dummies... later =]  :cool:

voidmain:
We're not talking code here. If all of your hardware is good (not cheap shit like winmodems) then you should have no trouble.

voidmain:

quote:Originally posted by RudeCat7:
O.k. Thanks a lot! This tells me that that card is not really Linux friendly. Yes, I will just buy a new one Like you said. That card was just a spare.
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You could try adding the parameter "options=0x8200" to set the debugging level to maximum output and set full duplex, and set 10baseT (which I assume is your cable type). If the information in the log doesn't help you get a different card.  

RudeCat7:
Hmmmmmm....I bought a D-Link530TX+ which is exactly like the one I am using right now. It did not activate in Suse, and I installed Redhat 8.0 again, and it detects it, but does not activate it.

I even moved the card to another PCI slot. The cat5 cable I used is o.k., I tested it on my main box. Something is weird, the basic network configuration got me connected on my main box, and that is basically just DCHP.

This time the card is 100% linux compatible.

I am just unplugging my mainbox, and then plugging in my spare box to the toshiba cable modem. Is this a problem?     :confused:    

EDIT: I just noticed my MOBO has a CNR slot. I will check this out.

MOBO is MSI K7t Turbo2

[ October 05, 2002: Message edited by: RudeCat7 ]

EDIT: I was able to activate my network card by using a static IP, but still no connection!!!  :mad:  

I was wrong, that card may not be 100% compatible, because they used several different chipsets for that one, and some are not good for Linux. (D-Link DFE530tx+) The part number on the new one I bought doesn't even have the 530TX number on it.

[ October 05, 2002: Message edited by: RudeCat7 ]

voidmain:
So you know for a fact the cable is good? It would make sense if you are using a cable on a machine that is working and then just swing the cable over to the machine with the new network card. Maybe there is some sort of BIOS conflict or other issue? You don't have onboard ethernet do you?  Are you getting a link light? Could you post the output from the "/sbin/lspci" command and the "dmesg" command?

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