ok, solved it. it turns out to be an irq problem. The bios didn't assign an irq to eth0, thus, by default, irq is given a 0 or 255 value. You can check that under dmesg. you solve it by turning off PnP in the bios setting. just thought some of you might want to know.
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Look in /etc/sysconfig/network and > /etc/sysconfig/networkscripts/ifcfg-eth0 > After that, check route. > > > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > I'm trying to install netgear's ethernet card > on > > RH6.0, and can't get it to work. I followed all > the > > instructions they gave me, such as copying the > driver > > *.o file into /lib/modules/[kernel-version]/net/, > and > > modprobing it, insmod-ing it, and setting it up in > > linuxconf, but it still doesn't work. I can ping > to > > my own NIC, but cannot ping to the other > computers. > > When i check lsmod, it lists my nic "eth0" as > > "unused". What does that mean? Is that why my NIC > > isn't workin? because its unused?? > > > > Thanks > > Gene > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
