[ale] Networking RedHat/Win98

[Ray Knight]

Mike,
	If you follow the instructions at
http://www.linksys.com/support/solution/nos/linux_lne100tx.htm you should
not have any problems getting the Linksys LNE100TXC card to work with Linux.
The key to success is right at the top of the page.

NOTE If you have the new LNE100TX
     Version 2 with Wake On Lan Support, You
     will need to use the driver provided on
     disk 2 in the linux directory.

The driver you need is provided by Linksys on the Disk 2 of the driver
diskettes provided in the retail packaging.  I am using this exact card with
Mandrake 6.0 which is based on the RedHat distribution.  The above page also
has links to installing on RedHat 6.0  If you are using 6.1 there should be
very minimal differences in the kernel source tree layout and the 6.0
directions should be adequate. You could also follow the instructions for
Recompile Module Method located about halfway down the above page.

I believe that Linksys has one of the most thorough Linux Support pages of
any network adapter vendor.

Ray Knight
Sr. Software Engineer
E-Certify (formerly ClientLink)
3025 Windward Plaza, Suite 200
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ale at ale.org [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On Behalf Of Mike
> Nolan
> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 5:37 AM
> To: Jay Finch; ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] Networking RedHat/Win98
>
>
> Jay,
>
> Your post is about the most accurate information I've seen
> that puts it all
> in a nutshell.
>
> I miss-typed, I have the latest card, the LNE100TXC, ("C"
> means "cable" and
> means that it's a wake on LAN card and has the socket for the card and
> jumpers for the WOL.
>
> Here's an interesting page off Linksys's site....
>
> http://www.linksys.com/dlc/howtotelllne100tx.htm
>
> I have the chip that "Linksys LC82C115" not the PNIC, or
> Digital chip.  The
> driver code they have for download on that page is the 0.90
> version which
> will not work with the chip I have.
>
> I got the 0.91 version of tulip.c from the NASA site you
> mention below, and
> in the course of talking with RH phone support, (they apparently don't
> answer E-mail support for DAYS...),asked them how to compile the newer
> version of tulip.c as either a module or into the kernel.
>
> The instructions in the comments in the tulip.c code don't
> work because the
> directory structure is not the same as in the RH install,
> (and I don't have
> a clue how to do anything in Linux other than explicitly what the
> instructions say).
>
> RH support actually told me "we don't support or recommend
> ever compiling a
> new kernel"  ???
>
> So I'm off to the vendor to stick this card where the sun don't shine.
>
> So far I have figured out the Linksys sucks, and RH support sucks, and
> that's about as far as I've gotten.
>
> Mike
> Dallas, GA
>