[KLUG Members] Ethernet driver issue: kernel version mismatch

[Peter Buxton]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 02:26:45PM +0530, Sanjay Chigurupati was only escaped
   alone to tell thee:

> Installed Debian woody release 2 recently. used kernel version 2.4.18
> during installation by selecting bf2.4 at prompt.

   NOTE: This package is primarily intended to be used as the initial
   installation kernel. You may go fine with it but if you need
   additional drivers or optimisation for your CPU type, please look at
   the other kernel-image-2.4.18-* packages.

Debian is not kernel version dependent. I would go ahead and download
the latest source, and the kernel-package, uh, package, and compile it.
The newer kernel binary packages *may* have this module compiled by
default. 

> Have an Intel pro 100 VE ethernet card, which is not supported by
> default.  downloaded the driver from Intel site and compiled it.

There are two Intel drivers in stock 2.4.23, one supports "PRO/100 VE
Desktop Adapter".

> If I do a forced insmod, it works with warning, but it looks like I
> have to do it every time I reboot.

Don't do a forced insmod if you have a choice, it's bad.

> I can ping intranet addresses, but not internet addresses.

Something is wrong with the routing, perhaps, but the NIC itself seems
to be working.

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