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jd nerd

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Posted: April 14 2005,12:56

I have two cards: one wireless, and one wired. I can't get either to work, so I'm starting with the wired, as it should be more straight-foward.

I'm not getting an IP address from my router. If I assign a static address then I still can't ping my router.

Where should I start? Should I expect the card to work out of the box, or should I find a driver? Is there a way to see what Linux knows about my card or to see what driver is loaded?

In Windows, the card is listed as: National Semiconductor DP83815 PCI Fast Ethernet.

I see that National has driver source here: http://www.national.com/appinfo/networks/0,1804,829,00.html I don't have a way to compile, so it is not of much help, and I'm not even sure I need a driver yet (that is, I don't know if DSL ships with a driver for my card).

Help much appreciated.

cbagger01

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Posted: April 14 2005,17:31

Try this. Open an xterm and type:

sudo su
modprobe natsemi
netcardconfig
exit
exit

If it doesn't work then my advice is to download DSL version 0.7.x and give it a try. This version seems to play nicer with your Network card as it is based on KNOPPIX 3.3 instead of KNOPPIX 3.4

Good Luck.

jd nerd

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Posted: April 14 2005,21:07

Quote (cbagger01 @ April 14 2005,13:31)

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, I can't get it to work in 1.0 or .7. sigh...

Here are a couple of observations. First, Linux seems to be automaticaly loading natsemi, so I think it is finding the card OK. Second, when I go through DHCP broadcast step in netcardconfig, the light on my router for the card's port flashes in several spurts. It then stop flashing when the wizard fails.

So I think the card is loading and sending packets, but the DHCP broadcast step nevertheless is failing.

Does netcardconfig log anything? Any other suggestions?

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