How do i install a network card in linux?

[Tdawg951]

i am trying to hook up an old computer to my network, thus i need a network card
i put it in the computer and all, and i am running linux. How do i install the card? I am in the text-only mode, so i dont know how do to a whole lot, thanks for the help

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

well, you need to find out what chipset it uses/what driver to use, then do a "modprobe <driver>" and add it to /etc/modules to load at boot.

if you're using a custom kernel then you probably need to recompile.

 

[earthman]

No, you spelled Hiatus correctly. You get a gold star.

 

[kylef]

Kudzu would do this for you...

 

[Nothinman]

Kudzu would do this for you...

Only if he's running a distribution that uses it, he doesn't say which one he's using.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

<< No, you spelled Hiatus correctly. You get a gold star. >>


you're the first person to tell me whether or not i spelled it wrong.

getting 2nd place in the 2nd grade spelling bee has its perks ...i'm a natural

 

[EmperorRob]

Once you find out which driver your network card needs (and assuming you only have one NIC), type this as root:

insmod <driver_name>

That should bring up your NIC immediately. To do this at boot time, add this line to your /etc/modules.conf file:

alias eth0 <driver_name>

 

[Tdawg951]

thanks guys, i actually figured out i didnt have it in all the way, and it auto detected it after that......thanks anyways....

 

[Damascus]

Doh.



<< i actually figured out i didnt have it in all the way, and it auto detected it after that >>