linux modem and nic help

[JoPh]

hey everyone. i need help. yesterday i was bored so i figured i would install linux. took me a while, but i finally got mandrake 8.2 installed. now i must let u know this is the first time i have ever installed linux and used linux. i am a complete n00b. so i need some drastic help.

everything seems to be configured properly except for my modem and my nic.

my modem is a diamond supramax 56i. when i go to dial out i get an error message that the modem is not responding. i have played with the settings, but all i got from that is that the modem would hang on the intialization step. so i got no where. and since this is my first time ever with linux i have no idea what i have to do. if someone could help me with like a step by step that would be great.

secondly i think my nic didnt install but i think it did. im not sure. when i go in the hardware list, there is nothing under the network adapter tab, but when i go into the internet connections panal there is a spot where its says eth0 and it has the ip i gave it and some other stuff. i have a linksys nic if that helps also.

well, those are my problems right now. i will probably have more.

thanks.

 

[Tiger]

Which dialer are you using in Mandrake. If you're running KDE use Kppp and run through the configuration. This should work unless the modem you've got is a winmodem.
You need to know what chipset is on the NIC so that you can load the proper driver module. I've got a DEC based NIC which uses the tulip driver. To load the driver open up a terminal and type modprobe driver which will load it. To see which modules are loaded type lsmod. To see if the NIC is working type /sbin/ifconfig -a and look for UP and RUNNING somewhere in the output.

 

[JoPh]

i am running KDE and i believe the dialer is something like drak or something like that. and my config did have it for a kpp, i remember do that.

how do i know if im using a winmodem? if so, can i get it to work?

this is my nic
ftp://ftp.linksys.com/datasheet/lne100txv51ds.pdf
i cant find a chip set or im just blind.

jeez im such a n00b. windows has made me dumb.

 

[JoPh]

i found this

http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/hard-details.php3?F_TYPE=network&F_ID=237

and

http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/hard-details.php3?F_TYPE=modem&F_ID=327


if this helps u guys out. looks like my modem is unsupported. :| thats not good. is it.

 

[Tiger]

Nope that's not good.
On the NIC. The linksys NIC's use the tulip driver. If you do an lsmod look for tulip.o in the output.
If it's not there do a modprobe tulip to load the driver.

 

[JoPh]

so i guess im outta luck with using my modem then?

i was at www.linmodems.org but i was confused with all that stuff. it seems there might be a way, or it does to me. but i have no clue how to do it.

grrrrrr...........

 

[Tiger]

I've never tried a winmodem in Linux. I do know they have to have the Lucent chipset and I have no idea about installing the drivers.