Re: Debian(Knoppix) and installing a driver for the Netgear FA-311

From: Richard Adams (myspam_at_spam.com)
Date: 07/26/04 

Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 22:33:35 +0200

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 13:33:17 +1000, Zero wrote:

> hey everybody. ive searched all over the internet, and i finally got a
> driver for my netgear fa-311 card.

Without seeming to be rude. I was under the inpression that your card
was already supported in the 2.4.xx and 2.6.xx kernel series, so why
would you need to search all over the web for a driver which is already
in your kernel tree. ??

> Now, the hard part.

Really...

>
> i dont understand how to install/compile the driver at all, ive got the
> driver .zip file, which contains a txt file a .c file and i think a .o
> file, now how (in steps) do i install it?
>
> im a newb so be gentle :P

Huum, ok, simply try the following with your running kernel, (i am
presuming that your running kernel is from your distro)

<as root> in a console type;

modprobe natsemi

If there is no error message, then you will need to configure your card
with 'ifconfig' or obtain a lease via dhcpcd.

You would be better advised to let us know what you intend to do with the
card before we all go on and say do this do that.

Linux is so difficult, but there again so easy, if only one stops and
thinks first. 

-- 
If the Linux community is a bunch of thieves because they
try to imitate windows programs, then the Windows community
is built on organized crime.
Regards Richard
pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl
http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/

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