Re: [techtalk] installing nic for 1st time

2000-04-12 Thread Tania M. Morell
Guys, Thanks a lot for your help withmy nic cards I was missing the alias in conf.modules on both machines this fixed it. Thanks so much. -T __ Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com __

Re: [techtalk] installing nic for 1st time

2000-04-10 Thread Nicole Zimmerman
> One thing that may be missing is an alias for the device module > your using (if you dont have the driver compiled statically in > the kernel) in /etc/conf.modules. Just fyi, debian *hates* conf.modules and prefers the more "standard" modules.conf. If you use conf.modules, it will yell at you.

RE: [techtalk] installing nic for 1st time

2000-04-10 Thread Samantha Jo Moore
> > My problem is that I'm looking for "eth0" under /dev but it's not > > there. I compared with work and it isn't under /dev/ either so I'm > > assuming it shouldn't be there. So how do I configure a nic? > > Network interfaces don't get /dev entries. > > > And can > > someone explain where li

Re: [techtalk] installing nic for 1st time

2000-04-10 Thread Jeff Dike
> My problem is that I'm looking for "eth0" under /dev but it's not > there. I compared with work and it isn't under /dev/ either so I'm > assuming it shouldn't be there. So how do I configure a nic? Network interfaces don't get /dev entries. > And can > someone explain where linux is getting

Re: [techtalk] installing nic for 1st time

2000-04-10 Thread Snarfblat
"Tania M. Morell" wrote: > > I know how to use ifconfig to configure the card .. > I've done it at work but it seems that my puters at > home can't "see" the new ethernet card. I know they > are compatible cards (3c503 etherlink II). At work, I > can type "ifconfig -i" and I get eth0 and lo. >

[techtalk] installing nic for 1st time

2000-04-10 Thread Tania M. Morell
Hi, I'm installing 3com Etherlink II card on a 2 computers.. one running Debian, the other running RedHat. I've never done this before.. :) I know how to use ifconfig to configure the card .. I've done it at work but it seems that my puters at home can't "see" the new ethernet card. I know th