[ale] Networking RedHat/Win98

Irv irv at ellijay.com
Thu Oct 7 05:32:45 EDT 1999


 From: Jay Finch <horus at larp.com>
Subject: Re: [ale] Networking RedHat/Win98


> Hi Mike!
>          I've got the Linksys Etherfast 10/100 (LNE100TX Ethernet) Card
> working on 2 of my boxes... Here's the deal --  You need to get the most
> current driver, tulip.c ver .91 from the Tulip support webpages...

Jay:

Thanks for the detailed info! (below)
 I have two of those cards here, and was just about to give up on getting
them to work on the Linux box. Especially appreciated are the SuSE
specifics.

Regards,
Irv Mullins

> http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/tulip.html
>
> Correct Download spot:
>
> http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/test/tulip.c
>
> Then you can't compile it into the kernel, you have to set it as a
loadable
> module, and go into your /etc/rc.d/rc.modules (/etc/conf.modules) file and
> make sure that you are loading it...
>
> modprobe tulip   (Slackware)
> or
> options tulip   options=0   (SuSE)
>
>          You will also need to download the tulip-diag.c program as well,
> so that you can use to to issue the following command:  ./tulip-diag -r
> This will reset your LNE100TX to run at whatever speed your hub is set
> to.  (I had to do that to get it to properly run at 100Mbps on my Linksys
> Hub -- It defaults to 10Mbps)
>
> I haven't messed around with Redhat, but I know those configurations work
> from personal experience.
>
> All-in-all, the DEC Tulip chip is a big pain in the neck, but if you go to
> the pages mentioned above, hack around a little bit, you can get it
working
> fine... (And it does work GREAT for me...)  Plus... It's a good learning
> experience.  (I spent about 3 hours figuring out all the little "tweaks"
to
> make it work.. heh..)
>
> Cheers!
> Jay

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