redhat linux 9 will not detect my intel ethernet card?
Sunday, August 16th, 2009 at
10:05
After installing redhat 9, am trying to configure my network options but the default adapter eth0 is inactive and wont activate! when i try to configure another adapter(eth1) or delete and try to reconfigure eth0, i get a list of possible adapters like versions of 3com but not my version which is intel(R) PRO/100 ve network connection. I have failed to find a way around this. Some one pliz help. Thanx in advance.
Tagged with: 3com • installing redhat 9 • intel • intel r pro 100 ve network connection • network options
Filed under: Redhat
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you’ll need to download the driver. i think it’s something like "eepro" for your card. Usually it’ll load it as a kernel module. just do a google search for linux + the model of your card.
also to get a list of cards your OS detects:
"dmesg | grep eth" or "grep eth /var/log/syslog". This helps in troubleshooting.
linux assigns eth in order of network cards that it finds. So if your computer only has one card, it’s pointless to try to configure "eth1" it will only assign it eth0.
if you have other questions, feel free to email me, I used to administer Linux servers and occasionally like to "refresh" myself on it.
linux is stupid
get Windows XP!!!!
vista sucks too
linux does detect a lot of nic cards some not so good. I use to use ndiswrapper but that is not for a linux beginner. I stopped using linux for a while. You could use fedora which is redhat based and recognizes more nic cards. it is free you can go to distrowatch.com for a lot of linux distros and pick the best one that suits your needs. It all depends on how new the nic card is. redhat linux 9 is an older distro it might not recognize a newer nic card.
well that might be a problem, i use linux on my old laptop, and i use a cisco aircard, try going online and goole it to see if anyone has any workign packages for that particular card, or maybe even try the linux site.
uhm other than that idk wat to tell u, my laptop jsut picked up my card right away, no problems.
sry i couldnt help more
In linux you have to "mount" certain drives and adapters. In order to get the right code for this adapter do a little research online to find the redhat code for it, upload this code into your OS, than mount the device.