Topic: Linksys EtherFast 10/100 Version 2.0

[Charles Steaderman]

I recently purchased e-smith gateway v3.1 and installed on a machine with 2 Linksys EtherFast 10/100 Version 2.0 nics. The configuration screens do not auto detect the card so I chose the Tulip drivers. The OS boots and loads the drivers OK. Ifconfig shows both interfaces, although I cannot get a DHCP address on the non-dedicated card and cannot communicate through either one. I tried setting the box up as a server with only one nic, also no go. I then replaced the Linksys card with a spare Intel EtherExpress Pro 100, changed the driver configuration and it works OK. Any idea if the Version 2.o version of the Linksys card will work?

[geoff]

Charles Steaderman wrote:

> I recently purchased e-smith gateway v3.1 and installed on a
> machine with 2 Linksys EtherFast 10/100 Version 2.0 nics. The
> configuration screens do not auto detect the card so I chose
> the Tulip drivers. The OS boots and loads the drivers OK.
> Ifconfig shows both interfaces, although I cannot get a DHCP
> address on the non-dedicated card and cannot communicate
> through either one. I tried setting the box up as a server with
> only one nic, also no go. I then replaced the Linksys card with
> a spare Intel EtherExpress Pro 100, changed the driver
> configuration and it works OK. Any idea if the Version 2.o
> version of the Linksys card will work?

Use the Ne2k drivers otherwise I would say use the EtherExpress Pro 100

-geoff

[Sean McAvoy]

The problem is that the version of the driver for tulip series cards is out of date
if you go to http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/tulip.c you can get the latest.
I am not sure how open e-smith is (just downloading the ISO) but you need to build the module (or patch the kernel). All the instructions on building the module are in the last few lines of the driver code. Worked for me on Version 2.0 of the card.
Hope that helps.