[Gllug] Network/Ethernet problems

[ted.bell]

Thanks for the offer Chris but I have other reasons for persisting.

Ted

On Tuesday 26 August 2003 12:16 am, Chris Bell wrote:
> On Mon 25 Aug, ted.bell wrote:
> > I am having some problems setting this machine up as part of a home
> > network. There is an onboard sis900 network card which works fine in
> > windose!
> >
> > I have taken out the firewire card which was sharing the interup but I am
> > still unable to see the card. I have gone through the Ethernet howto but
> > I suspect the problem is with the driver. I have found lots of stuff
> > about the driver but no idiots guide on installing it!
> >
> > I have attached an output from Dmesg and the outputs from cat dev and cat
> > interupts.
> >
> > Ted
>
>    A quick search on http://www.google.org for SiS 900 ethernet found that
> the correct driver is called sis900, but it does not appear on my Debian
> 3.0 modules list. According to http://www.scyld.com it should be in most
> 2.2.13 and later kernels, or it is available direct from SiS. There should
> not be any problem with sharing an interrupt.
>    Rather than spend ages trying to find a copy, you could disable the
> on-board network chip in the BIOS and use a plug-in card instead until you
> can get the correct driver. Almost any card will do, a 10baseT card will
> easily cope with standard 600K ADSL. I have both ISA and PCI cards here if
> you would like to borrow one.
>
>
>
> --
> Chris Bell


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