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ScurrilousPrune · 07-10-2002, 03:15 PM

Hey everyone, I'm somewhat new to Linux and I have an old Pentium 133 so I'm trying to set it up with Coyote Linux for a firewall/router for my other computers. Anyways one of my NICs isn't working properly, it's a SMC EtherPower Combo 10Mbit card and I looked under the supported modules for it and I noticed it needs tulip.c. I was wondering how I can compile it for my SMC card. When I connect it to my cable connection it says "Media is TP" and I was wondering what that meant. It will be set up as eth1 and connected directly to my cable modem ( I have RCN) and my eth0 card is an Intel Etherexpress 16 and that works fine. I get Local Up: Yes, Internet Up: No. I was also wondering if I needed a 10/100 card because I have RCN, or will a 10mbit card work too? Please help me. Thanks in advance.

MaXimum SMOKE · 07-10-2002, 07:29 PM

I did a little searching. looks like there were variants to this combo card. Some people were even having problems getting it to use the correct port RJ instead of BNC. I know there are variants to tulip also. I am guessing this is an old ISA card. Unless your 'searches' prove better than mine, or you're good at C, I'd opt. for a newer, better supported card.

07-10-2002, 03:15 PM	#1
ScurrilousPrune Member (8 bit) Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: California Posts: 240	Coyote Linux Help Hey everyone, I'm somewhat new to Linux and I have an old Pentium 133 so I'm trying to set it up with Coyote Linux for a firewall/router for my other computers. Anyways one of my NICs isn't working properly, it's a SMC EtherPower Combo 10Mbit card and I looked under the supported modules for it and I noticed it needs tulip.c. I was wondering how I can compile it for my SMC card. When I connect it to my cable connection it says "Media is TP" and I was wondering what that meant. It will be set up as eth1 and connected directly to my cable modem ( I have RCN) and my eth0 card is an Intel Etherexpress 16 and that works fine. I get Local Up: Yes, Internet Up: No. I was also wondering if I needed a 10/100 card because I have RCN, or will a 10mbit card work too? Please help me. Thanks in advance. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ The Black Mamba: [Dell Dimension 8200] ---------------------------- \|Pentium 4 2.53GHZ\|512MB RAM\|80GB HDD\|Mad Dog 16X DVD-ROM/52X CDRW\|HL-DT-ST 48X CD-RW\|Geforce 4 Ti4200 64MB\|Sound Blaster Live!\| \|Harman/Kardon Speakers\|Microsoft Optical Wheel Mouse\|Windows XP Home\|San Bruno/RCN Cable\| The Nuclear Gamer: [Custom Built PC - Nuke] ---------------------------- \|ABS Case\|Antec 550w ATX2.2 PSU\|AMD Athlon 64 3200+\|ASUS A8N-VM CSM Socket 939 Motherboard\|1536 GB Corsair Valuselect PC3200 DDR RAM (3 X 512MB)\|160GB Seagate SATA\|160GB WD Caviar IDE\|(2X) NEC 7170A DVDRWs\|Nvidia Geforce 7600GS 256MB PCI-e\|Creative Soundblaster Live! 24-bit\|Dell 2.1 Speakers\|Microsoft Optical Wheel Mouse\|Sceptre Naga-III 20.1" LCD Monitor\|Windows XP Home\|RCN Cable\|

07-10-2002, 07:29 PM	#2
MaXimum SMOKE Member (8 bit) Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 229	I did a little searching. looks like there were variants to this combo card. Some people were even having problems getting it to use the correct port RJ instead of BNC. I know there are variants to tulip also. I am guessing this is an old ISA card. Unless your 'searches' prove better than mine, or you're good at C, I'd opt. for a newer, better supported card. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

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