I had the very same problem. I eventually gave up and bought a 3c905C which works beautifully. I don't know why but I could not get the netgear to work correctly at all. I always had to do an
$ ifdown -a; ifup -a to get the &[EMAIL PROTECTED] thing to work. IMHO, that card is worth nothing more than an expensive dog chew toy. If you would like some constructive help... the only thing I can say is try the latest driver from http://www.scyld.com/network/tulip.html I believe they are your best resource. :( --- Evan DiBiase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I have been trying (over the course of the last few days) to perform > a > network install of Debian "potato" release on my system which > contains a Netgear > FA310TX network card which uses the tulip driver. I have encountered > some > serious problems, and am hoping that someone out there can help me. > > Essentially, the tulip module in the drivers set loads fine (as does > every other tulip module I've tried). However, the network card just > can't seem > to get a response from any computer inside the local network or > outside! The > lights on the hub flash, but there is no response from any of the > local > computers during a ping request nor from the DNS server when the > install program > attempts to download the base install set. > > I have submitted bug #71986 on this, and also see that what appears > to > be the same bug (#66193) is also in the database. I have tried using > the tulip > module provided by Netgear as suggested in bug #66193 but this also > does not > seem to work. > > So, this is a rather confusing situation and has pushed me to the > limits > of my Linux knowledge. Anything anyone knows or would like me to try > would be > greatly appreciated, because I want to install Debian more than any > other OS > right now, and I would be upset if I had to go to FreeBSD or RedHat, > my other, > less favorable choices. > > Thanks, > Evan > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > ===== ----------------------------------------------------------- Academia is a little like child | Parrish M. Myers rearing, it provides a chance at | The Wacked Jester immortality without the stretch | [EMAIL PROTECTED] marks -- (unknown source) | ----------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/
