[ale] Networking RedHat/Win98

[scott at certumgroup.com]

Mike,

We have used Linksys cards in the past and your experience with Linux is not
so much different than we had in the M$ world. We have a number of Linux
boxes, mostly using the D-Link or Netgear 100TX PCI cards and Intel Pro 10+
ISA for 10BaseT. They work just fine and at around $30-35 they don't break
the budget.

Scott Hartsell
The Certum Group
www.certumgroup.com

----- Original Message -----
 From: Mike Nolan <mdnolan at concentric.net>
To: Jay Finch <horus at larp.com>; <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 5:37 AM
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
>
>
> At 01:01 AM 10/07/1999 -0400, Jay Finch wrote:
> >Hi Mike!
> >         I've got the Linksys Etherfast 10/100 (LNE100TX Ethernet) Card
> >working on 2 of my boxes... Here's the deal --  You need to get the most
> >current driver, tulip.c ver .91 from the Tulip support webpages...
> >
> >http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/tulip.html
> >
> >Correct Download spot:
> >
> >http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/test/tulip.c
> >
> >Then you can't compile it into the kernel, you have to set it as a
loadable
> >module, and go into your /etc/rc.d/rc.modules (/etc/conf.modules) file
and
> >make sure that you are loading it...
> >
> >modprobe tulip   (Slackware)
> >
> >or
> >
> >options tulip   options=0   (SuSE)
> >
> >
> >         You will also need to download the tulip-diag.c program as well,
> >so that you can use to to issue the following command:  ./tulip-diag -r
> >This will reset your LNE100TX to run at whatever speed your hub is set
> >to.  (I had to do that to get it to properly run at 100Mbps on my Linksys
> >Hub -- It defaults to 10Mbps)
> >
> >I haven't messed around with Redhat, but I know those configurations work
> >from personal experience.
> >
> >All-in-all, the DEC Tulip chip is a big pain in the neck, but if you go
to
> >the pages mentioned above, hack around a little bit, you can get it
working
> >fine... (And it does work GREAT for me...)  Plus... It's a good learning
> >experience.  (I spent about 3 hours figuring out all the little "tweaks"
to
> >make it work.. heh..)
> >
> >Cheers!
> >Jay
> >
> >At 10:56 PM 10/06/1999 -0400, you wrote:
> >>Mike Bryant wrote:
> >> >I have just finished building a Linux box and am now ready to attempt
> >> >networking it and my Win98 machine.  I can read the HOW-TOs, etc. to
figure
> >> >what I need to do to get it running(hopefully), but am wondering if
anyone
> >> >can give me guidance on what out-of-the-box network kits will work
with
> >> >RH...
> >> >
> >> >Any ideas/thoughts are appreciated, especially if you've been there
and can
> >> >supply me with hints/idiosyncrasies/etc.
> >>
> >>I'm in the same place you are.
> >>
> >>I can tell you that I can _not_ get a Linksys LNE100TX card to work.
> >>
> >>RedHat Support tells me the driver (tulip.c) on Linksys's site will not
> >>work, and the instructions on the Linksys pages are also incorrect.
> >>
> >>Mike Nolan
> >>Dallas, GA
> >
> >-----
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> >President/GKE of NERO-Atlanta   :  no talent, no self-denial, no brains;
> >(770) 650-0410  (voice)         :  no character is required to set up
> >horus at larp.com                  :  in the grumbling business."
> >pagejay at larp.com (pager)        :                       -- Robert West
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> >
>