[techtalk] Network and Debian?

[Daniel Manrique]

> I have just gotten myself a PCI no-name ethernet card. I think I
> managed to compile the kernel modules correctly (NE2000 emulation), but
> I don't really know what else to do - I haven't connected it to
> anything yet, but will try with a notebook soon.

Okies, I don't know about the debian network config util. However you can
check if yor card works ok by doing:

modprobe ne
or
modprobe ne2k-pci

this loads the ne module and you will see some info about your card
on-screen. Example:
ne.c: PCI BIOS reports NE 2000 clone at i/o 0x6c00, irq 9.
ne.c:v1.10 9/23/94 Donald Becker (becker at cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov)
NE*000 ethercard probe at 0x6c00: 00 80 ad 46 11 7f
eth0: NE2000 found at 0x6c00, using IRQ 9

Next you can assign an IP address with ifconfig, now that the eth0 device
is working:

ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.15 netmask 255.255.255.0
(substitute for the values you really need)

next, assign a route to the local network:

route add -net 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0

At this point you should be able to ping any machine on the local network.
Your laptop for example. 

Finally, you can add a default route using a gateway on your local
network:

route add default gw 192.168.1.1

Then you should be able to ping any ip address out there.

	- Roadmaster

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