Network Interface Card

[Spencer Wilson]

How do I get the internet working on Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (tty1)?

I just bought a network interface card (NIC). First, what should I do to see if the computer detects an NIC?

Intel pro/100 10/100 mbps PCI network card

Linux debian 2.4.20-bf2.4 #1 Wed Dec 25 13:17:08 UTC 2002 i586 unknown



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[serz]

What does lspci display?

[Gertrude]

post the output of ifconfig

[Spencer Wilson]

debian:~# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 430VX - 82437VX TVX [Triton VX] (rev 02)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371SB PIIX3 ISA [Natoma/Triton II] (rev 01)
00:01.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371SB PIIX3 IDE [Natoma/Triton II]
00:01.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371SB PIIX3 USB [Natoma/Triton II] (rev 01)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. Trio 64V2/DX or /GX (rev 04)

[Spencer Wilson]

debian:~# ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask: 255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric: 1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

[Gertrude]

edit this file..


/etc/network/interfaces


so that is has this in it..



auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

[Spencer Wilson]

I tried

debian:~# /etc/network/interfaces

and got this

bash: /etc/network/interfaces: Permission denied

I am logged in as root.

[raz0rblade]

You need to edit it, not execute.

~# vim /etc/network/interfaces

[Spencer Wilson]

bash: vim: command not found

[raz0rblade]

Do you have a Debian CD setup up as an apt source ?

If so do

~# apt-get install vim

[Gertrude]

You may want to check this out

http://www.intel.com/support/network/adapter/1000/linux/e100.htm

[Spencer Wilson]

~# apt-get install vim
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package vim

[raz0rblade]

That odd, vim is listed in the debian package db...

Anywho, try loading the module.

modprobe e100

or

modprobe eepro

[Spencer Wilson]

e100

debian:~# modprobe e100
/lib/modules/2.4.20-bf2.4/kernel/drivers/net/e100/e100.o: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
/lib/modules/2.4.20-bf2.4/kernel/drivers/net/e100/e100.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-bf2.4/kernel/drivers/net/e100/e100.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.20-bf2.4/kernel/drivers/net/e100/e100.o: insmod e100 failed



eepro

debian:~# modprobe eepro
eepro_init_module: Probe is very dangerous in ISA boards!
eepro_init_module: Please add "autodetect=1" to force probe
/lib/modules/2.4.20-bf2.4/kernel/drivers/net/eepro.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
/lib/modules/2.4.20-bf2.4/kernel/drivers/net/eepro.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-bf2.4/kernel/drivers/net/eepro.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.20-bf2.4/kernel/drivers/net/eepro.o: insmod eepro failed

[Spencer Wilson]

All right, I want to try what's here: http://www.intel.com/support/network/adapter/1000/linux/e100.htm



It looks like I'll need help with step 1:
Move the base driver tar file to the directory of your choice. For example, use /home/username/e100 or /usr/local/src/e100.

How do I do that?

Also, how can I find out what version driver tar I have? Because I'll need to know that for some of the steps.

[Spencer Wilson]

I had the card in this one slot but it said "Could not find enough free base memory." so then I moved it to another spot and the computer booted up like it always does then I asked for help.

Well since it didn't look like the computer was detecting the card in that slot I moved it back. Here is exactly what is on the screen when it boots up. It only goes to this screen.



Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0 (build 071)
Copyright (C) 1997,1998,1999 Intel Corporation

PXE-E00: Could not find enough free base memory.



Well it looks like the computer is detecting the card in that slot. How should we solve the problem?