On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 05:31:16PM +1000, Jordan Howarth wrote: > Confirm for me if I am being less than clever but... > > I have just purchased an NEC versa note pII which comes with an integrated > ethernet: DEC PCI DC21142. I am finding posts in Dejanews about drivers and > problems with this "card" as far back as '97. Do I assume that > a) the same card is used in desktops as in laptops Yes .. > b) the tulip drivers shipped with current dists of linux carry drivers for > this > card.
Yes Before thinking to much - Try loading the "tulip" driver and have a look in the syslog if the eth0 is found, or try to configure the "eth0" after loading. There are a couple of problems with different Tulip chipsets but they all should be resolvable ... Just try it .. Flo -- Florian Lohoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] +49-5241-470566 ... The failure can be random; however, when it does occur, it is catastrophic and is repeatable ... Cisco Field Notice
