A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > I have a DE-220PCT ISA network card which is in a 486 PC. And my goal > is to eventually have this P.C. as a client on my NT network. I am > completly new to this and don't really know what I'm doing. I have the > network HOWTO (generic network configuration information) but i'ts not > helping! I ran diagnostics on the network card and it appears to be > o.k. I ran the following command and got the following error: > > ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up > eth0:Unknown interface. > SIOCSIFADDR:Operation not supported by device > eth0:Unknown interface. > SIOCSIFNETMASK:Operation not supported by device > > Please don't tell me that the network module isn't compiled into > kernel! (I haven't messed around with compiling the kernel, it scares > me!)
FYI: According to the kernel source, the DE-220PCT is an ISA NE2000-compatible card. First: The network module isn't compiled into the kernel (sorry). Are you using the stock Debian kernel? If so, you should have the driver ready for use. The first thing you need to do is see what modules you currently have loaded. Running 'lsmod' will tell you that. For example, this is what I get when I run 'lsmod': Module Size Used by tulip 27132 1 af_packet 5836 1 (autoclean) es1371 23904 0 soundcore 2372 4 [es1371] sd_mod 15964 2 (autoclean) sym53c8xx 46880 2 (autoclean) scsi_mod 50800 2 (autoclean) [sd_mod sym53c8xx] It shows the modules for my ethernet card, needed logic for my DHCP client, lowlevel and support drivers for my sound card, and drivers for my SCSI card. If the module 'ne' (the driver for ISA NE2000 and compatible cards) isn't shown, load it, like this: modprobe ne Now, if you run 'lsmod', the module should show up. The 'ifconfig' command should then work. Second: You didn't quite get the 'ifconfig' command right. It should be: ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up (one too many zeroes) -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
