Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi, > > I'm fairly new to Debian, but not new to Linux. In particular, I > > know about > > configuring almost everything, but not much about the Debian way of doing > > things. > > I have a pair of Netgear FX-310TX NICs. (I'm uncertain of the > > precise model > > number; neither card has a model stenciled on the card.) The cards came in > > one > > of those networking kits; the price was right so I bought it. The card is a > > PCI > > card running the PNIC chip (marked LC82C169), which is a Tulip compatible. > > > > Interestingly enough I just talked to someone this morning who was > using these netgear 310's and had trouble with a new NIC, it turns out > that it was a 311. The difference being that the card when from > several physical IC packages to one larger one. That and it didn't > work with the debian distro he was using (2.2r2).
If the issue is that the card is a netgear 311, go to www.scyld.com/network and get the natsemi driver. This one works with the FA-311. You need to download the source (natsemi.c) and a support program called pci-scan. In order to compile these, you need your linux version's source in /usr/src. Once these are built, I copied them into /lib/modules/2.2.19pre17/net and loaded them. Worked like a charm and continues to do so. Good luck. Brian Flaherty
