Network card problems

[Gregory Nowak]

Then I'd say there is a problem with dhcp under gnu/linux for you. Maybe the dhcp server is pppoe, or pppoa? Slackware's netconfig script will not set those up for you as far as I know, it will only setup the regular dhcp and isc dhcp client.

Greg


On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 05:47:11PM -0400, Alex Snow wrote:
> This card *does* work, I tried it in another machine running win98.
> Explorer has caused a general protection fault in module kernel32.dll. I'm
> sick of Winblows!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow at gmx.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 4:38 PM
> Subject: Network card problems
> 
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > i put a 3com etherlink3 isa ethernet card into my linux box.  When I ran
> > netconfig to set up the network, I filled out all my settings, like using
> > dhcp and the address of my dhcp server, and when it asked if I wanted it
> to
> > probe for my nic, I said yes.  It came back with the right network card,
> > using the 3c509 module.  I then finished netconfig, and ran ifconfig eth0.
> > And now my problem occurred.  Everything was shown, like mac address, etc,
> > but no ip address.  Also the link light on my router wasn't on for that
> > port.  I restarted and found that the link light on the router turns on
> for
> > about 5 seconds during boot, then goes out.
> > What could be my problem?
> > Explorer has caused a general protection fault in module kernel32.dll. I'm
> > sick of Winblows!
> >
> >
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