[plug] Need assistance changing network card.

[Kenworthy Family]

check "/etc/conf.modules" My realtek ne2000 clone is set up as modular and the
load is controlled by kmod via the modules.conf file.  If you want a copy of
the settings, let me know.

BillK


Brad Campbell wrote:

> David Buddrige wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am running Redhat 6 at the moment and have been troubleshooting the
> > network.  To summarise where I am up to - I think that the network card
> > I had in the system is faulty - it was an EtherLink III (circa 1992).
> > In any case, I have removed it and installed a new network card.  The
> > problem however is how to  change the configuration files such that it
> > automatically loads the module for the new card.  I can load the card
> > manually using modprobe - with the ne.o module, and specifying an
> > address of 0x300.  However, I don't know which config file I need to
> > change to get this to be automatically loaded at runtime (instead of the
> > system trying to load the old module)
> >
> > Can someone enlighten me?
> >
> > thanks heaps
> >
> > David Buddrige
>
> /etc/modules
>
> ne io=0x300 irq=10
>
> well, that's how I do it on all my Debian systems.. I'm not sure about
> the red cap..
>
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