* Craig S. (
castone@getnet.net) wrote:
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> * Craig S. (castone@getnet.net) wrote:
> > [ Gigabit network card from Netgear. ]
> > [ ... ]
> > 1) I should give up now because there is no driver support for the card.
>
> [ to the tune of that lady in pulp fiction, flipping out in the
> restaurant: 'modprobe every last muthafing one of 'em!' ]
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> [ kernel 2.4.16 ]
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> If there is no way to use the 1000MBit driver what would be the harm in
> trying to run the card as just a regular 100 MBit card? Other than not being
> able to run the card to it's full potential. Or is this just not possible?
Now that's using a 12ga.! IANANICDW (NIC Driver Writer), but I would
suspect that it's not possible to use a 10/100 driver (which one?) with a
different chipset, in general. YMMV.
Gontran
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