I have an old hunk of junk computer, and in it is an old hunk of junk NIC card. The problem is, I can't tell you any model names or anything (because I don't know them), but I can provide the following information:
Manufacturer: Intel (according to the FCC search) FCC ID: EJMPCEDPCLA82XX Chip Information (what's written on the main chip): Intel FA8595TX L5012136 SZ756 1992 1993
Umm, so yeah. I know this isn't a lot of infomation, but I really wouldn't mind getting this card to work. This card has a NIC port and a cable port (forget the technical name for cable, but it's the round one :P)
Thanks guys!Normally, older is better with Linux. If you type ifconfig in a terminal, what do you get?
Quote (doobit @ April 12 2006,14:05)
Normally, older is better with Linux. If you type ifconfig in a terminal, what do you get?
"No wireless card detected"
This is actually from right click->system->network (or something like that)OK, you didn't tell me it was a wireless card. 1.Open a terminal. 2.Type ifconfig. 3.What do you get?I suspect it's not a wireless card since it's from 1992/1993.
Try 'ifconfig' and if there's only a loopback device ('lo') and no ethernet device ('eth0') then check the system log with the:
dmesg | more
command and look for some messages that look like they're about a network card.Next Page...
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