Re: Linksys nic

[awilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

>> I just purchased a new Linksys fast Ethernet 10/100 card to go in my 
Linux machine.  I was expecting the bootup process to detect the new 
hardware like it did when I changed out my video card and ask me to 
configure it.  It didn't happen and the documentation said if I am using 
RedHat to refer to the RedHat documentation on how to install the NIC 
card and to use the Tulip driver.  Can you help me get this card 
installed and configured?
>       I am assuming that you are using Redhat 6.1 because I couldn't 
get
> it to work with the default install either. You can either download 
the
> latest tulip.c from http://www.scyld.com/network/tulip.html or you can
> recompile the latest kernel with support for the DEC Tulip chip in the
> 10/100 ethernet section. I also use these cards for all of my machines 
and
> they have fixed this glitch with Redhat 6.2.

It's not really a glitch,  there was a major revision of the Tulip 
chip after this card was in production.  The .c file was on the driver 
disk that came with mine.  A one minute compile and a modprobe was all 
it took.