[Tfug] PCMCIA NIC Help

[Jon]

Bill,

looking at the man page for ifconfig (man ifconfig), there is an option
for
media type. Try setting it to auto. If that doesn't work then force it
10baset. Your driver _might_ not support the auto option.

Hope you get it working.

Jon




On Sat, 21 Sep 2002, Bill Maginnis wrote:

> I'm trying to get a SMC8041TX PCMCIA NIC to be recognized in a
> EMachines Slate (laptop) 400 (AMDK6-2/400, 96 Mb RAM). The link light
> for the 100 Mb comes on amber = half-duplex. The PCMCIA card
> options doesn't show up anywhere in the configuration options in
> Mandrake 8.2. I had downloaded and installed the PCMCIA-CS
> tar.gzip and Mandrake reports the PCMCIA slot is being recognized.
> I added the SMC info to the config file in the /etc/PCMCIA directory.
> I've also installed RP-PPPOE (I have DSL at home.)
>
> Any tools or commands I should use for getting the NIC to be
> full-duplex? (The 8041TX is a 16-bit card) and to get the
> PCMCIA card and Ethernet connection recognized? I've been thru
> the PCMCIA HOW-TO and numerous web sites. The card manager
> reports that a device is connected into the bus used. Would output from
> console help?
>
> Thanks in advance for any and all help.
>
> -*-Bill
>
>
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