Subject: Re: setting up eth1
From: Robert Brandtjen (rob@prometheusmedia.com)
Date: Mon Sep 03 2001 - 17:02:46 MDT
on 9/3/01 5:24 PM, John Norair at splinemodel@mac.com wrote:
> I have a 3c905 card that is installed, and I compiled its driver into
> the kernel. I want to make it work. Right now it doesn't appear to
> even exist, at least if you trust ifconfig.
Chris Murtagh (sp?) sent me this awhile ago - after which my 3com worked
fine:
>
> The vmlinux is what would result after compiling. If you are having
> troubles, type the following:
>
> make menuconfig
>
> (this will give you a GUI to choose your kernel options - NOTE: some
> might work better than others)
>
> make dep
>
> make vmlinux
>
> make modules
>
> make modules_install
>
> (you must be root to perform the last step)
>
> This should work for you if you have all the right headers/GCC version
> etc.. which should be ok right out of the box.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris
Then just use the KDE control panel to configure the eth1 card.
Or you can follow Chris R's directions here:
> if it (Linux kernel) sees the cards (displays the correct MAC addresses
> when you do a ifconfig {eth1|eth2}), then they are just not configured
> correctly.
>
> go to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts and copy the ifcfg-eth0 for eth1
> and 2.
> then, you have to edit the new scripts to show the correct IP addresses
> etc. Don't forget to change eth0 to eth1 and 2 respectively. Set them to
> 'onboot=yes', so it fires up the interface at boot time.
> Now, reboot (and he was never seen again ;).
>
> Good luck.
Robert Brandtjen
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