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[Richard Reyes]

Howard - I have the same card and the chipset it uses is Macronix
98715.  Fortunately you are running a linux kernel that can be used with
their version of the tulip driver, > 2.0.35 .  I finally gave up on the
card because I didn't want to update the kernel.

- Richard

Howard Waterfall wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm very much a newbie, using slackware version 4.0 of Linux for the first
> time.
> 
> I was searching for a Linux driver for my NDC 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter,
> and found a link to the tulip.c program on the manufacturers web site
> (http://www.ndc.com.tw/drivers.htm).  The HOWTO supplied there can be found
> at http://www.ndc.com.tw/technic/100fe002.txt.
> 
> I downloaded the tulip.c file and followed the instructions including
> compiling tulip.c and copying the tulip.o file into
> /lib/modules/2.2.6/net/tulip.o.    I also added:
> 
>         alias eth0 tulip
>         options tulip options=0 debug=1
> 
> to my /etc/conf.modules file and ran
> 
>         /sbin/depmod -a
> 
> as instructed.  When I rebooted the card wasn't recognised.
> 
> While the instructions didn't indicate that I should do so, I updated
> rc.modules and added:
> 
>         /sbin/modprobe tulip
> 
> Now the card seems to be recognised and I get the following upon boot:
> 
>         tulip.c:v0.90 10/20/98 becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov
>         eth0:Macronix 98715 PMAC at 0xf800, 00 80 c6 f2 9c a0, IRQ 9
> 
> I also ran netconfig and set things up.  I installed TCP/IP during the
> installation process.  The message:
> 
>         IP Protocols: ICMP UDP TCP IGMP
> 
> appears at boot.  The following also appears:
> 
>         PPP: version 2.3.3 (demand dialling)
>         PPP line discipline registered.
> 
> My rc.inet1 file also seems to have the correct values.
> 
> Thus apart from seeing Macronix which is a little disturbing since this is a
> NDC (Sohoware) card, everything looks good.
> Shouldn't I be able to ping something at this point?!  Ping 127.0.0.1 works,
> but nothing else does (I've tried my gateway, 24.114.177.1, my DNS 24.2.9.33
> even www.yahoo.com.
> 
> Any suggestions for troubleshooting?
> 
> Thanks,
> Howard
> 
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