Subject: Re: ethernet problems
From: Ed McMan (EdMcMan@Yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Jun 19 2000 - 18:25:58 MDT
on 6/19/00 12:46 AM, Stefan Jeglinski at jeglin@4pi.com wrote:
>>> on my 4400/200 running LinuxPPC2000, kernel 2.2.15pre19, I don't seem to
>>> get my ethernet card to work under MOL 0.9.48. If I disable osi_enet it
>>> starts up fine, if I enable it crashes at the very end of the Mac OS 8.6
>>> boot process.
>>> My DEC Tulip NIC seems to be recognized,though.
>>>
>>> ***************** file: /etc/molrc ****************
>>> disable_osi_enet: no
>>> enet_interface: eth0
>>
>> That's your problem. Set it to tap0 and you should be all set
>> (presuming you have ethertap built into your kernel.)
>
>
> dumb newbie question: what is ethertap? And why would I want to build
> it into the kernel anyway?
Ethertap is a 'virtual' interface. Read the MOL howto as it explains how to
use it.
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