local network using ethernet and modem

[yvon]

On Fri, 13 Sep 2002 16:20:41 -0700
Chuck Coleman <cnk_coleman@mac.com> wrote:

> > eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:05:02:EC:D8:47
> > -------------------------------^^^^^--^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > 
> > this is the address no ? Their is no way, i've found, to find the
> > same address at the macos 9.1 side...
> 
> This is the MAC address. You can see the MAC address from System
> Profiler on the Mac OS 9 side.

i had a look about it saying n/a ...
(for a ppc 9500 tht's oldworld)

> Now that the card can be seen by the system you need to have the
> correct driver to get to the LAN side. I had a card that could be seen
> by the OS(both Linux and OS 9) but couldn't get out on the Linux side.
> OS 9 did fine and I could get out to the WAN just fine.
> 
> So the driver on the OS 9 side worked but the driver on the Linux side
> didn't.
> 
> If you can get a MAC address then play with the various drivers and
> see if you can get it to work. The chip set will give you a clue on
> what drivers to start playing with.

i think this is a NEC something, but there is no kind of utilities to
read, from linux the chipset ? linux is able to see and read video card,
sonnet ata tempo card and usb one, but not the ethernet by the same way
?
-- 
Yvon Thoraval