[NTLUG:Discuss] SMC EZ Card 10 PnP

[Stephen Klein]

David_A_Gadd at raytheon.com wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Has anyone on the list been successful in getting the system to recognize
> this wonderful card from
> Charter communications with any of the ethernet drivers?
> 
> I've tried everything ... isapnp setup ... turning off PnP... none of the
> drivers in the setup will
> recognize it ...
> 
> If I have to I'll go buy a new ethernet card ... but I'd rather not.  Any
> assistance is appreciated!
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Dave Gadd
> - Linux Fool -
> 
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I have one of these cards, no speed demon, but it works.
Here's how I set it up:

1: Use the setup program on the disk that came with the card to TURN OFF
PNP and manually set the IO port and IRQ (I used IO port 300 and IRQ
5).  Record these on paper.

2: Boot into Linux.  This is an NE2000 compatible board, so you need two
modules, 8390 and ne.
Test the driver by typing:

/sbin/modprobe 8390
/sbin/modprobe ne io=0x300 irq=5

cat /proc/modules should list 'ne' as one of the loaded modules if it
worked.

If it worked, be sure to add these lines to your startup scripts.

Mind you I'm running Kernel 2.0.X, I'm not sure if anything is different
for the 2.2.X Kernels.

Hope I was helpful,
Stephen Klein