Re: [LI] Network neighbourhood

[C Hanish Menon <hanish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

For your ethernet card problem.

  a) If you know your ethernet cards chipset check to see if its already
supported in Linux. If its supported and if you have not recompiled your kernel
you should have the correct modules in /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/net or so.
  Try using 
	insmod ethernetcard_module.o parameters_if_any_like_ioport_interrupt

  You can get the parameters that require to be passed from 
	/usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt

  b) Next add an ifcfg-eth0 file into /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts specifying
the DEVICE name, IP, NETMASK, etc. OR you can DIRECTLY use "ifconfig"

	Do an "ifup eth0" so that you can start using it.
	Verify it using "ifconfig" and also check the routing info using
"route".


  c) If insmod above works then you can add an entry for this module in
/etc/conf.modules. So that its automaticaly loaded the next time when required.

  If insmod fails then check the error status to see what it tells, one can
proceed further only after knowing what error it gave here.


As for coexisting in a Window network Samba is the answer, also smbfs or so in
the network filesystem option of kernel may be for this purpose however I have
to check this out yet.


-- 
Keep :-)
HanishKVC

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