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| jombeewoof 2002-06-13, 9:26 pm |
| I'm brand new to the linux scene
but I've recently installed RedHat 6.2 on a system at school to mess around with.
I got the drivers for the network card to work (netgear fa311) and can get on the intra/internet but the connection is so unbelievable slow, it's almost a waste of time (starts at about 3.5K but it gets slower and slower every second until its about 50 bytes per second)
my question is why
i'm using the drivers provided by the manufacturer and installed em according to the help file on the disk so I'm pretty sure that's not it, the only other thing I can think of is the ISA server (I set all the proxy settings to what they should be but the linux box isn't a member of the domain)
all the windows boxes in the room connect at relatively normal speeds, but tomorrow I'm moving the redhat machine into the server room (maybe even put it on the other side of the firewall) do you guys think this will help
pardon the ranting on and on but this confuses me | |
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| try instaling a new driver or even a newer distro like the RedHat7.3 | |
| TW2001 2002-06-14, 11:56 am |
| RH 7.3 has drivers for that card and will pick it up and run just fine. I should know I have 2 in one of my boxes. | |
| jombeewoof 2002-06-14, 12:27 pm |
| so you guys think that's the problem.
but the drivers I used were the one's provided by the manufacturer on the floppy that came with the card so I don't know why that would make a diff, maybe I will just upgrade to 7.3 | |
| TW2001 2002-06-15, 12:43 am |
| I just figured it would be easier for you that way. What kernel are you running?
Since you want to learn something...
1. Make sure you have kernel headers installed.
2. Get the pci-scan.* natsemi.c and kernel*.h files from the website.
3. Do the follwoing as root:
gcc -DMODULE -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -c -O6 -I<path to kernel headers>/net pci-scan.c
NB: That's a capital o NOT a zero
4. Repeat for natsemi.c
5. Issue this as root:
install -m 644 pciscan.o /lib/modules/<dist name>/net
6. Repeat for natsemi.o
7. Add line to /etc/conf.modules | /etc/modules.conf
alias eth0 natsemi
8. In /etc/modules, add the following lines:
auto ##if not already there
pci-scan
natsemi
## The order of these last two is important!!
Either reboot or just insmod pci-scan then insmod natsemi.
Oh yeah make sure Network is stopped..
(/etc/rc.d/init.d/network stop | |
| Boulware5 2002-06-15, 8:26 pm |
| There is no such thing as a stupid question. You learn by asking questions... | |
| jombeewoof 2002-06-15, 10:39 pm |
| thanks tw20001 I will try that tomorrow and see if it works
I really don't want to take the quick and easy way out (you don't learn that way and I want to figure this stuff out)
quote:
There is no such thing as a stupid question. You learn by asking questions...
I know but, I hate asking anything until I've exhausted all my resources (faqs, previous threads, etc...) and it seems like it should be a simple enough thing to figure out (maybe I'm just a little too M$ minded, lol) |
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