In a message dated 1/28/2004 9:04:47 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
bmike1@vei.net writes:
>The NIC card is listed in lspci too. Thus, it works too. It says that it is
an
>Intel 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100]. What do the numbers signify? So is there
>anyway to see if it is working wwithout connecting it to another computer?
Check the kernel messages. I think mine used to say something about the
network board being available. My card was different (SiS735 integrated SiS900)
also try ifconfig-- it may report some data for eth0... but then it may not
if there's no network present. I don't know off-hand. I only actually
networked with a wireless PCMCIA card I tended to pop because it flooded the screen
if left plugged in at boot.
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