Network Configuration

Edward edward at tripled.iinet.net.au
Tue Sep 28 02:24:24 UTC 2004



truc nguyen wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I installed Red Hat 8.0 on the computer included 2 NIC
> card: one of them is 3Com. After installing, the
> network card did not work. I try to activate 2 network
> card by go to System setting --> Network device
> configuration. But they did not work. I found I did
> not add the modules to system. I modified alias in
> /ect/modules.conf. Then I used insmod to add modules
> 3C59X. But it tells me an erro message:
> /usr/lib/2.4.18-14/devices/net/3C59X: no such a file.

That's strange. My modules are not in /usr/lib, but in /lib directly. 
But it is possible that's changed, as I'm using Fedora now.

> 
> I went to this sub directory. I saw the modules was
> there.
> 
> Then I try to add the second network driver eepro100.
> I met the same problem.
> 
> What problem did I encounter when I attempted to add
> the modules while they are still exist in the system?
> How do I get two network cards activate ?
> 
> Any suggestion would be appreciate.
> 
> TC./

Have you tried modprobe instead of insmod?

Regards,
Ed.





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