This worked!  All I had to do was make sure netconfig was set for DHCP and 
changed the line in modules.conf from "alias eth0 tulip" to "alias eth0 
de4x5" and restart network.  Bang, I was connected.

Thanks for everyone's help and ideas!

Alan

At 09:22 AM 11/14/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Alan Dayley wrote:
> >
> > At 10:39 AM 11/12/01 -0700, you wrote:
> > >Tulip drivers haven't been consistent thru various kernels.
> > >
> > >I tend to use the DEC4x5 whenever possible - it may or may not work with
> > >your setup and it may actually be the Davicom which has been a problem
> > >too.
> >
> > Tell me how I can try to use this.  What is the DEC4x5 and 
> Davicom?  Please?
> >
>--------
>I was hoping someone else had a better concept of this than I but I
>would probably -
>
>To unload a module, turn off the associated interface(s)
>
>  'ifconfig eth?? down' then 'rmmod de4x5'.
>
>  (i.e. ifconfig eth0 down and then rmmod tulip)
>
>then finally
>
>  insmod de4x5
>
>I would suppose that you would then want to ifconfig etho0 up
>
>and possibly service network restart
>
>reverse the process to put it back to tulip if the de4x5 doesn't work
>
>I am kind of a groper when it comes to things like this since I haven't
>had to do much of this kind of force but I think you get the idea. And
>perhaps - some of the more knowledgable might want to pipe in on this -
>they may have a better idea.
>
>Craig
>
>btw the davicom is known as dmfe and you can always resort to ne2k-pci
>which covers a fairly broad range of novell compatible cards.
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