Subject: [SOLVED] YDL and RealTekFE551 ethernet
From: Sean O. Denney (sdenney@cise.ufl.edu)
Date: Fri May 18 2001 - 14:26:37 MDT
To everyon who helped me with this problem, I thank you.
I finally got my MacSense 10/100 card working under YDL. The steps I
followed are as follows, for anyone who needs them
1. I went to www.scyld.com/expert/modules.html
2. I followed the directions on compiling the RealTek driver as a
module.
3. I did "shutdown -r now"
4. I did "ifconfig eth0 up"
5. I did "netconfig", at which point I selected "USE DHCP". The
program requested all the necessary info from my DSL router.
6. I did "ifconfig" to check it out
7. I did "startx" and checked it with Netscape
Finally, I can start using this box. What sucks is that I'll probably
have to go through all of this again when I update to YDL 2.0
Again, thanks everyone.
--- Sean Denney
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sean O. Denney [mailto:sdenney@cise.ufl.edu]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 6:26 AM
> > To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> > Subject: YDL and RealTekFE551 ethernet
> >
> >
> > Hi everyone...
> >
> > It's been awhile since I've tried to get YDL on my old 6400/200, but I
> > really need linux and I don't want to tie up my brand new computer
> > with it.
> >
> > The problem i was having in the past was that the MacSense 10/100 NIC
> > wan't being recognized by YDL, but it works fine in MacOS. So, until
> > recently, my 6400/200 was a stand alone box (which, for linux, really
> > sucks).
> >
> > I have recently come into some time to sit down and work at this
> > problem. So here is what I did:
> >
> > 1. I found a discussion on this problem on the YDL mailing lists.
> > 2. I found an install guide to build the rtl8139 driver into a module.
> > 3. When I first boot linux, the hardware info scrolls by too fast for
> > me to see any of it (If anyone know where this info is stored after
> > boot, I would really appreciate it).
> > 4. I do "ifconfig -a" but eth# is not listed.
> > 5. I do "ifconfig eth0 up" and then eth0 is listed.
> >
> > Now, I'm not new to linux/unix, but when it comes to networking I'm
> > not all too comfortable.
> >
> > My setup is as follows:
> >
> > DSL from BellSouth runs into a LinkSys Etherfast 4-Port DSL
> > Switched Router. The local IP addressing is dynamic, so I will need
> > YDL to obtain it's local IP from the router.
> >
> > My questions basically are:
> >
> > 1. How do I get YDL to obtain it's IP from the router?; and
> > 2. What do I need to do once my NIC/YDL has obtained an IP?
> >
> > Any would would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > --- Sean Denney
> >
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