[ale] Linksys & rh6.2
Wandered Inn
esoteric at denali.atlnet.com
Fri Aug 17 09:18:15 EDT 2001
"John J. Cruz" wrote:
>
> Good Morning,
>
> Has anyone gotten Linksys LNE100TX Ethernet card
> (http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=31&grid=10) working in
> the Red Hat 6.2 Linux environment? If so would you be so kind to email
> me the binary or rpm form of the driver. I've tried compiling the
> driver/source code that is provided but I have not had any success in
> compiling it. I have never been able to go beyond make. I've attached
> the procedures provided by Linksys. Thank you.
I have never successfully used any of the Linux drivers provided with
nics. That being said, you should check out the latest drivers at:
http://www.scyld.com/network/
You should be able to locate the proper driver for your card and the
installation instructions are very good.
I've got this same card in one of my boxes, but I'm not sure which one,
so I'll have to look around. Let me know if you don't get this thing
running and I'll get more info to you.
I assume you're using modules for your nic drivers?
>
> john
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ****************************************************************************
> Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapter(LNE100TX v4)
> Linux Driver Installation
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Copyright (C) 2000 Linksys. All rights reserved.
> ****************************************************************************
>
> I. Installation Guide using TurboLinux 6.0.X (It will also work for all other linux but some directories will be different)
> =============================================
> *Note: Before starting make sure the diskette is not write protected! (won't matter much)
>
> Step 1: Mount the Linksys driver diskette with the following command;
>
> mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
>
> Change directories into the Linux directory on the diskette;
>
> cd /mnt/floppy/Linux
>
> Step 2: Create a temp directory called netdrivers in /root;
>
> mkdir netdrivers
>
> Step 3: Copy netdrivers.tgz on the floppy diskette to the new directory you have just created;
>
> cp /mnt/floppy/netdrivers.tgz /root/netdrivers
>
> Step 4: Decompress netdrivers.tgz to extract the source files;
>
> tar xzvf netdrivers.tgz
>
> The extracted files should now be located within the netdrivers directory
>
> Step 5: Compile the modules;
>
> make
>
> You now have compiled the modules successfully
>
> Step 6: Install the modules;
>
> insmod pci-scan.o
> insmod tulip.o
>
> Step 7: Issue the depmod command;
>
> depmod -a
>
> Step 8: Initialize the eth0 adapter
>
> ifup eth0
>
> Step 9: Run ifconfig to make sure that the eth0 interface is loaded;
>
> ifconfig
>
> You should see the loopback adapter (lo), and the Ethernet adapter (eth0)
>
> Step 10: To have the eth0 load everytime you boot into Linux you must copy tulip.o, and pci-scan.o into the following directories;
>
> /lib/modules/2.2.14-3/net
>
> /lib/modules/2.2.14-3BOOT/net
>
> /lib/modules/2.2.14smp/net
>
> If you are prompted to replace the current files, say YES
>
> Step 11: You will have to add two lines of code to the following file;
>
> /etc/rc.modules
>
> Add the following;
>
> pci-scan.o
> tulip.o
>
> To write the changes to the file type the following;
>
> Shift+: wq (this is only true if they use vi, you not telling them to use vi).
>
> Step 12: Edit etc/modules.conf (if needed).
>
> vi etc/modules.conf
>
> Add the following to the begining of the file;
>
> alias eth0 tulip
>
> To write the changes to the file type the following;
>
> Shift+: wq
>
> A. Get source Code and produce a binary code
> =============================================
> Step 1 : Get the source code from the following site;
>
> FTP://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/linux/drivers/kern-2.3/tulip.c
> FTP://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/linux/drivers/kern-2.3/kern_compat.h
>
> Step 2 : Compile the source code by using
>
> "gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/net/inet
> -Wall -Wstrict -prototypes -O6 -c tulip.c
> '[ -f /usr/include/linux/modversions.h ] && echo
> -DMODVERSIONS`"
>
>
> B. Installation guide using Slackware 3.XX
> ==========================================
>
> Step 1 : Copy tulip.o into the latest kernel's modules:
> cp tulip.o /lib/modules/2.0.XX/net/tulip.o
> Where the XX is the version number of the latest kernel.
>
> Step 2 : Modify /etc/rc.d/rc.modules:
> Unmark the line /sbin/modprobe tulip
>
> Step 3 : Reboot system:
> reboot
>
> Step 4 : when system boots, the driver will be load.
>
> Step 5 : run netconfig to setup TCP/IP
> (run 'ifconfig' or 'netstat -i' to see if there is a
> interface 'eth0')
>
> C. Installation guide using Redhat 5.XX
> =======================================
>
> Step 1 : Copy tulip.o into the latest kernel's modules:
> cp tulip.o /lib/modules/2.0.XX/net/tulip.o
> Where the XX is the version number of the latest kernel.
>
> Step 2 : Update kernel's module dependencies:
> /sbin/depmod -a
>
> Step 3 : Check /etc/conf.modules:
> alias eth0 tulip
> options tulip options=X debug=X
>
> Step 4 : Valid media types selections for options=X are:
> 0 Auto-select (default to the 10baseT link)
> 1 10base2
> 2 AUI
> 3 100baseTx
> 4 10baseT-FD
> 5 100baseTx-FD
> 6 100baseT4
> 7 100baseFx
> 8 100baseFx-FD
> 9 MII 10baseT
> 10 MII 10baseT-FD
> 11 MII (autoselect)
> 12 10baseT (no autoselect), v0.69 and later only
> 13 MII 100baseTx
> 14 MII 100baseTx-FD
> 15 MII 100baseT4
>
> Step 5 : Valid debug levels for debug=X are:
> 1 normal output
> 2 more verbose
> 3 even more verbose
> 4 even more verbose
> 6 insanely verbose
>
> Step 6 : Reboot system:
> /sbin/shutdown -r now
>
> Step 7 : when system boots, the driver will be load.
>
> Step 8 : run netconfig to setup TCP/IP
> (run 'ifconfig' or 'netstat -i' to see if there is a interface
> 'eth0')
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Until later: Geoffrey esoteric at denali.atlnet.com
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