3com 3C980C

[20_MuleTeam_Borax]

I had my 3Com 3C980C network card working fine by compiling the module I downloaded.

I heard that support for this network card was already compiled into my kernel (I'm using the one that comes w/ RedHat 6.2). I found the source file for the driver in the drivers/net directory of the kernel source tree.

If I really do have support for the card already, what do I have to do to use it?

thx

[compunuts]

Originally posted by 20_MuleTeam_Borax:
I had my 3Com 3C980C network card working fine by compiling the module I downloaded.

If it's already working, then why you bother?

Originally posted by 20_MuleTeam_Borax:
If I really do have support for the card already, what do I have to do to use it?

If for the sake of learning, you can go to "linuxconf" and go to Network-->Client--> and choose "eth0" for first card, eth1 for second card and so on. When you see the drop down menu for modules, choose the one resemble your type of card.

[20_MuleTeam_Borax]

It was just for the sake of learning.

Is there a way to do it w/o linuxconf?

[20_MuleTeam_Borax]

Do I just bring up eth0 using ifconfig?

[mdwatts]

If it's not already up, then give ifconfig a try and watch for any errors.