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Posted: June 06 2005,19:45

I think I came across this problem too in one computer where I tried Knoppix. It has an ISA card that gets detected as NE2000. The solution lies in running some setup program in MS-DOS mode in order to permanently set something on the ISA card itself. If you still have the installation floppy disk for this card, you should find it there. The manual will tell you that you may not need to do this if you run Windows 9x because it was set to run with Windows 9x by default.

I found the setup software somewhere on the net. It has been 2 years so I forgot what/where it is.

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Posted: June 06 2005,23:46

I opened up my cpu to check the net card. it is SMC1660T-50.

I found this on SMC's website: http://www.smc.com/index.c....=0&os=0

and also this driver wich looks the same + pdf manual: http://www.network-drivers.com/drivers/147/147027.htm

I tried to load the installataion under MS-DOS to mess with the card's configuration, but I keep getting : please insert driver disk in the installation procedure.

There is also a linux folder in the driver disk, but I don't know how to use this one.

Is there another driver I could load under DSL that might work for my cad?

Guest: do you remember what needed to be changed on the card?

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Posted: June 07 2005,00:06

I was able to access the card's configuration with setup166.exe

The current configuration was set to plug & play. I changed it to jumperless (NE2000).
other unchanged configuration:
Medium Type: Auto-detect
Full-Duplex: Disabled
I/O Base: 300H
Interrupt: 3 (IRQ)
Boot ROM: Disabled

After changing the configuration to jumperless, the card was no longer auto-config at boot-up.
mprobe ne could not load the drivers also

What are my options?

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Posted: June 07 2005,00:56

Thanks for all of your help.

I was finally able to get my network running using information on this thread at this point. http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....9;st=10

after setting the card to jumperless, modprobe ne did not work, but

modprobe ne irq=3 io=0x300 did the trick.

Conclusion:

For isa network cards to work under DSL:

1. set your card to jumperless mode (dos utility for your card or jumpers)
2. take note of I/O and irq settings
3. enter command line modprobe ne irq=? io=0x???
4. run netcardconfig.

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