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Re: Configuration of jumperless Ethernet cards
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Gortmaker)
Thu Feb 8 06:13:50 1996
From: Paul Gortmaker <gpg109@rsphy1.anu.edu.au>
To: raju@xgroup.ernet.in
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 20:07:43 +1100 (EST)
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <m0tkE5C-000C8tC@gratis.xgroup.ernet.in> from "Raj Mathur" at Feb 7, 96 11:25:00 pm
> Has anyone used those jumperless Ethernet cards which are configured
> through some nifty software running on MS-DUH and only MS-DUH? Agreed
> that the software is nifty and MS-DUH even more so ;-) , it's still a
> pain to have to find a DOS machine to run the config software on, so I
Hrrm. Are you actually sticking the cards into a DOS box just to run the
config programs? It is a lot more sensible to stick a DOS boot floppy
in the linux box and run the config software from there. Seeing as you
only usually do this once, (and usually have to reboot for it to take
effect anyway) not having a linux version of the config program is
really a non-issue.
> If it's already there, please send a pointer to the location. If not,
There is a whole section in the Ethernet-HowTo on what cards can
be configured under Linux. Donald has written config programs for
the ne2k+ and the 3c5x9 cards. There is also a "wdsetup.c" floating
around the archives, but it needs a cleanup to be of any use. I can't
remember what other ones are listed in there.
Paul.
