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RE: linux and win95 network



I agree with Carl. My experience is with RedHat, so I don’t know if the same utilities are available. If you are running from the “standard” kernel, then your existing ethernet adapter may not be compiled into the kernel. The SuSe documentation should at least tell you what the minimum supported devices are.

I would expect Linux to support the 3COM cards.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Carl B. Schultz [mailto:cschultz@6wheel.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 2:24 PM
To: Joel Wyttenhove; Tim Burke; SUSE Support; Ralph Johnson; Chuck Oullette; Appgen Support; Aaron Nichols; Linux User Group; Appgen Dev Group
Subject: Re: linux and win95 network

 

1.  Cool

2.  Incorrect interpretation of message.  This means your network is non-functional

3.  ditto #2

4.  Linux does not like your card.  Install the new card and try again

5.  Eliminate the unknown!

 

Carl

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Joel Wyttenhove

To: Tim Burke ; SUSE Support ; Ralph Johnson ; Chuck Oullette ; Carl Schultz ; Appgen Support ; Aaron Nichols ; Linux User Group ; Appgen Dev Group

Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 2:08 PM

Subject: linux and win95 network

 

Continuing problem -

 

1. I am trying to network win 95 notebook to linux server. (Suse 6.0)

2. I ping from notebook to server IP address and I get timed out message - which I think means that this PC is working okay.

3. I ping from server to notebook and get "sendto: network is unreachable" message. 

4. when I load linux I get error - failed message eth0: unknown interface

5. I have new 3com card on notebook, new netgear 4 port hub and UNKNOWN old NIC on linux server

 

I am guessing that my NIC on the linux server is either a) incompatible or b) not set up or configured properly.  when I originally installed linux it seemed to read the card okay and set up etc, but now I cannot figure out where to go check the set up, drivers, etc or do not know how to troubleshoot it, etc....... I have obtained new 3com ethernet card - should I just install it ?  -- how do I go about setting the new card up in linux ??- the user manual - book is real hard for me to understand.

 

 

 -- As always - any help asap is great !!!!!!!

 

-- Joel Wyttenhove