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Topic: DSL doesn't recognize my NIC card, nor do I blame it...

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Posted: April 12 2006,17:55

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!

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Posted: April 12 2006,18:05

Normally, older is better with Linux. If you type ifconfig in a terminal, what do you get?

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Posted: April 12 2006,18:27

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)

doobit

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Posted: April 12 2006,19:24

OK, you didn't tell me it was a wireless card.
1.Open a terminal.
2.Type ifconfig.
3.What do you get?

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bigpilot

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Posted: April 12 2006,19:52

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.

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