> Thanks for the insight. I ended up changing to having the drivers loaded in the kernel and adding the append statement into the lilo.conf file. I can now communicate with both the internal and external networks.
I also removed my networking statements from the /etc/init.d/network file and added statements to the /etc/networks/interfaces file to start each ethernet card. It looks like this part is working. Thanks for your help. Doug > On 2000-03-02 10:59:25, Doug wrote: > > > I was under the impression that the append line was used when the > > networking is built into the kernel (not in modules). > > You pass config info to modules via setings in /etc/modules.conf. > Perhaps, you need to "force settings" (opposed to relaying on pnp > configuration) for irq/io/speed? > > > I guess an additional question would be if I should compile the > > networking into the kernel and not bother with the modules? > > That's your call. Shouldn't make any difference wrt to configuring > the driver. > > > /Allan > -- > Allan M. Wind Finger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (GPG/PGP) > P.O. Box 2022 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Woburn, MA 01888-0022 ICQ: 44214251 > USA Phone: 781.279.4513 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >