About to Give up on YDL for PM 6500s

[Chuck Coleman]

on 8/20/02 12:01 PM, Gary Vankirk at vankirk@thevision.net wrote:

> I'm working on a G4  (on a DSL line which is really irrelevant -
> ethernet is ethernet) and my network setup has been a challenge.
> After going through the install process 5 or 6 times I don't even
> bother with setting it up at install time. I've learned that you
> first must setup your network card, mine does not work "out of the
> box". Until you do that, you will get nowhere. Use "network
> configuration" under the "system" heading from the "start" menu - not
> the one with the yellowdog logo, the other one. You may have to play
> with it until it works: add your device, even if it's listed. Delete
> the other one. I have to keep at it until it lists my card as "3-Com
> (throw it away!)" - literally. Bring the "monitor" up and if it's
> working you will see activity after awhile. You may have to reboot
> somewhere in the process to initialize the card. It was painful and I
> don't have the process perfected, but next time I will at least know
> where to start.

This is what I have been doing. I have a Farallon card and it is a NEC
chipset. I have just been selecting a different card each time and have
gotten through about half of them.

There is so much that needs to be fixed on Linux for the masses. The average
person wouldn't put up with this crap.

Chuck