[TriLUG] eepro.o as eth0?

[Jon Carnes]

I'm guessing you have an ISA card in your PC and that it's not Plug and
Play... and that you know the IRQ and I/O settings for the card.  If all
that is true then edit the file /etc/conf.modules and add something like:
     alias eth0 eepro
     options eepro io=0x300

After that you will need to make sure that /etc/sysconfig/network is setup
properly...  Here is an example:
     NETWORKING=yes
     HOSTNAME=plaything.myinternaldomain.com
     GATEWAY=192.168.0.1

Gateway should be the internal address of your router/firewall

Now check that /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 is setup properly
     DEVICE=eth0
     BOOTPROTO=static
     BROADCAST=192.168.0.255
     IPADDR=192.168.0.7
     NETMASK=255.255.255.0
     NETWORK=192.168.0.0
     ONBOOT=yes

These settings are to bound to device eth0 (which we defined earlier in
/etc/conf.modules).
It's a static IP address, as opposed to DHCP
Set the broadcast to match your internal network - the example is good for
the network 192.168.0.0/24
Set the IP ADDRess to something unique on your network
Set Netmask to match your internal network
Set the network to match your internal network address.

If you have a windows box on your internal network that works, you can get
the proper values for your network from that.  For WinNT open  a DOS box and
type "ipconfig /all".  For Win9x, type "winipcfg" as a command in run.

Good Luck - Jon Carnes
===
For more information visit:
  http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.5

Use the DOS configuration disk that came with the card to disable PnP, and
to set the card to a specified I/O address and IRQ. Add a line to
/etc/conf.modules like options eepro io=0xNNN where 0xNNN is the hex I/O
address you set the card to. (This assumes you are using a modular driver).
You may also have to enter the BIOS/CMOS setup and mark the IRQ as
Legacy-ISA instead of PnP. Alternatively, if you need to leave PnP enabled
for compatibility with some other operating system, then look into the
isapnptools package. Try man isapnp to see if it is already installed on
your system. If not, then have a look at the following URL:
  http://www.roestock.demon.co.uk/isapnptools/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tomm Lorenzin" <skytomm at 1000plus.com>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 10:02 PM
Subject: [TriLUG] eepro.o as eth0?


> Hi, all...  I'm Lisa's linuxnewbie Dad with the 100MHz, 64Mb (not 32 Mb),
> 4Gb, Optiplex (XM 5100) on which I'm trying to install and run a RedHat
> webserver (merely for in-house play/experimentation - it'll never set
> packets outside the firewall).  And, my monitor *is* a PoS, but it's a
COLOR
> PoS! <G> And, running x at 1024x768 - something it would never do under
any
> version of Winders.  (Thanx Mike!)  KDE looks really sweet on it.
>
> And, thanx to all of you who came up with rec'd reading for me.
>
> I have managed to "locate" the driver I need - "eepro.o" in the
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/drivers/net/ dir, but don't know what I must
do
> next to get Linux to recognize it on boot.  Any suggestions as to how to
> proceed?
>
> Most gratefully appreciated.
>
> Tomm "naughty boy" Lorenzin
> Mooresville (Lake Norman), NC
> SkyTomm(at)1000plus.com
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