How to keep active my lan adapter

[Keith]

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On Sun, 6 Nov 2005, arun shrimali wrote:

> Dear Friends,
> I am working on FC4, AMD processor, Duel boot with win 98, onboard VIA
> network adapter.
> Problem : I have configured lan to be active on boot, but when I check
> network i found it inactive, on activation it became active for 20-30 sec
> but again inactive automatic, during this active period i can ping to other
> PCs on network. can any body help me to keep active my lan card
>
> Content of my /var/log/message , ifconfig   and    /etc/modprobe.conf    is
> along with this
>
> regards
> Arun

>
> alias eth0 via-rhine

You need to find out what chip you are using according to
this web site and build the driver:

http://www.scyld.com/ethercard_drivers.html

I have a problem chip on one my computers and I use
a network card that is compatible with the tulip driver
that I purchased off ebay for $5.


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Best Regards, Keith

The fact of the matter is, Linus, I've been penguin all my life, nobody
needs to tell me how to be penguin.
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