Re: [SLUG] Question Regarding Setting Up NIC

From: Jim Lange (jlange1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Fri Jan 17 2003 - 23:00:46 EST


I believe the NetGear FA311 uses the National Semiconductor DP83815
chipset. See if its on the list and see if it works.
HTH
Jim

On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 21:57, Douglas Pollock wrote:
> I installed RedHat 8 and it recognized everything except my Linksys LNE100TX
> card. I went to the RedHat site and looked at their hardware compatibility
> list for network interface cards. Linksys cards were not recognized for
> RedHat 8. I found compatible NetGear card FA310-TX on their list but no one
> sells the card. I purchased a NetGear FA311 card and installed it.
>
> When I go to System Settings > Network > Hardware > Add... > Network
> Adapters the drop down list does not even list the NetGear network interface
> cards. It also does not list the Linksys cards.
>
> So the question is if the card is on RedHats hardware compatibility list but
> not on the Network Adapter list how do you get the card to install? When I
> tried other network card names and then tried to Activate the card it always
> failed.
>
> How have other people gotten cards to work? Any suggestions.
>
> Thanks
> Douglas



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