Re: Networking

Hi Ian.

One question that hasn't been asked is are your cards ISA or PCI ?
I've been reading my HOWTOs, and came across the following snip :
5.22.1. Ether Express

Status -- Supported

This card uses the intel i82586. Earlier versions of this driver (in
v1.2 kernels) were classed as alpha-test, as it didn't work well for
most people. The driver in the v2.0 kernel seems to work much better
for those who have tried it. The comments at the top of the driver
source list some of the problems associated with these cards.

There is also some technical information available on the i82586 in
``Programming the Intel Chips'' and also in the source code for the
driver `eexpress.c'. Don't be afraid to read it. ;-)

It would seem that this is the driver you need - IF you have an ISA card.
Do not pay any attention to the ethernet address labels, it's a red herring to
confuse us.
I've just spent the last three evenings setting up another machine,
recompiling the kernel, installing Linux and the network. It was only last
night that I read the manual and set ifconfig and route properly. All I have to
do now is work out how to set the client up to run emc and Xwindows over a
network.

Regards, Paul.

On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> From: "Ian Wright" <Ian@...>
> There is a kind of logo on the boards, like an italic 'LR' backwards and it
> then says 'E139761'. There is also a bit of writing which says '
> PCLA8100/8105/8110/8120' and 'FCC CLASS B ID: ELMPCED PCLA81XX'. As to the
> chipset I don't see any numbers other people have mentioned but the chips
> are, in descending size order:- Intel mPD65046GD-189 (also says 201969-221
> and 9438MEA11), Intel L5123384 (N82586-10, SZ626), Intel L5122855 (N82503)
> [this chip is also dated 1991], NE8392C-2N (0146619, 9431V, trade mark 'S'),
> M51C464A-70, ST7033, and a small chip whose number I can't see as it is
> covered by a sticker giving the card's address code. Does this give any
> better clue as to what they are?