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How do i install a network card in linux?

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Tdawg951

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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
 
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.
 
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.
 


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