RE: internet

Which card would that be when you run make menuconfig?  I didn't see
that name there (in 10/100 cards).  How would I enable that card?
Thanks for your help.

Glenn

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:gentoo-newbies-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Paddock
> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 6:08 AM
> To: Glenn Murphy; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-newbies] internet
> 
> 
> > I've gotten gentoo installed fine but, I can't get my Ethernet card
set
> > up.  I  have a (according to Device Manager) SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI
> > (SMC1211TX).
> 
> I have the same card.  You want the REALTEX8139TOO.
> 
> CONFIG_8139TOO=y
> # CONFIG_8139TOO_PIO is not set
> # CONFIG_8139TOO_TUNE_TWISTER is not set
> # CONFIG_8139TOO_8129 is not set
> # CONFIG_8139_NEW_RX_RESET is not set
> 
> I always compile it in, never seems to work as module.
> 
> Make sure the other cards are all turned off.
> 
> > How do I get my internet working?  I enabled the PPP support, PPP
> > support for async serial ports, PPP support for sync tty ports and
the
> > compression options and PPP over Ethernet as modules.  Would those
need
> > to be built into the kernel (I mean, not modules)?
> 
> If you don't need those things don't enable them.  If you have DSL you
> might
> need the Ethernet stuff and/or sync ports.  If you only have a real
dial
> up
> MODEM then you only want the async stuff.
> 
> This is what I have for my dial up MODEM:
> CONFIG_PPP=m
> # CONFIG_PPP_MULTILINK is not set
> # CONFIG_PPP_FILTER is not set
> CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC=m
> # CONFIG_PPP_SYNC_TTY is not set
> CONFIG_PPP_DEFLATE=m
> CONFIG_PPP_BSDCOMP=m
> # CONFIG_PPPOE is not set
> 
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