Topic: ISA NIC ????

[JD]

I'm currently testing out E-smith on an old machine that otherwise fits the system requirements.. but I only have Compex Ne2000 compatible ISA nics... is there any simple way of using these cards or am I pushing things uphill on this one ??

Cheers

J

[Charlie Brady]

JD wrote:
>
> I'm currently testing out E-smith on an old machine that
> otherwise fits the system requirements.. but I only have
> Compex Ne2000 compatible ISA nics... is there any simple way
> of using these cards or am I pushing things uphill on this
> one ??

Try searching for "ISA NIC" on this bulletin board. Choose the 90 day option, this question may not have been answered recently..

Charlie

[oracle]

J,

I had the same problem and eventually sorted it out using the following changes to my config...

I edited /etc/conf.modules and changed the eth0 so that it reflected an NE2000 driver (alias eth0 ne) and also added an options line so that the NE2000 driver new the IRQ and MEM (options eth0 irq=10 io=0x300).

Make sure to enter the io with the proceesing 0x else you will pull yuour hair out trying to get things working.

Hope this helps

Oracle

[oracle]

J,

Before I forget, these changes are temporary and will be lost if you run the configure option from the e-smith menu. I haven't yet bothered to look for a permanent solution as so far I have had no need to reconfigure, and even if I did, 3 seconds with vi and its ready to rock anyway.

regards
Oracle

[Charlie Brady]

oracle wrote:

> Before I forget, these changes are temporary and will be lost
> if you run the configure option from the e-smith menu.

To avoid losting ISA NIC settings, do:

 /sbin/e-smith/config set EthernetDriver1 ne
 echo options eth0 io=0x300 >> /etc/conf.modules
 /sbin/e-smith/signal-event console-save

The above example is for a local network NIC which is NE2000 compatible and set to I/O address hex 300. Adjust as suitable for your requirements, then use the console as you wish without risk of losing network connectivity.

Regards

Charlie