Installing D-Link NIC

[Michael Loose]

1. If you plug in the card and power up the machine, use the hardware
browser or the network configuration tool to check if it is detected.
There will be nothing like a "Oh, i see you plugged in a new device..."
but chances are it will show up there and you can configure and use it.

2. If neccessary, you would call an already existing, but not active
module with "insmod [modulename]" (no quotes, no square brackets and the
name of your desired module) and see if the card is recognized then.

regards

Michael

On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 05:15, William M. Smith wrote:
> YDL is my first deep exploration into Linux and I've learned a lot about
> getting my own source code and customizing my own installations during the
> configure process. However, I'm now wanting to add a new 100mb NIC to a
> beige G3 tower, which has 10mb built in. This is my first new hardware
> install and I'm stumped.
> 
> I purchased a D-Link PCI adpater DFE-530TX+, rev. E1. I got this one because
> it supports both Mac and Linux.
> 
> The instructions are for a more savvy Linux user and leave a lot of detail
> out. I have a Makefile and a driver file. Some instructions I found on the
> web indicate running the following from within the folder containing the
> files (I'm running while in /usr/src/linux):
> 
> gcc -I /usr/src/linux -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c
> rtl8139.c `[ -f /usr/include/linux/modversions.h ] && echo -DMODVERSIONS`
> 
> Doing so results in what seem like many erros and a final message "confused
> by earlier errors, bailing out".
> 
> According to other information I found on the web, I can use a module
> already installed called 8139too.o, but all references to this that I've
> found are for rev. D cards. I've found nothing about rev. E. And how exactly
> would I "use" a module?
> 
> Needless to say, I can't figure out what I'm suppose to do or even if this
> card should work in the machine.
> 
> Any pointers to some help would be appreciated!
> 
> bill
> 
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