Linux Gigabit NIC

[Stephen W. Clarke]

This suggestion was the ticket.

The thread below let me to this thread.
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=187770
Which in turn made me check the cd that came with the card. (Duh!)

The D-Link CD includes a script that rebuilds the kernel with the drivers
in it. Unzip. Make a simlink to the kernels directory and run the
install.sh file. Vola. Drivers installed and NIC works!

Go figure!

Stephen


> On Tue, Aug 01, 2006 at 09:58:33AM -0400, Stephen W. Clarke wrote
>
>> I added:
>> alias eth1 sk98lin at the end of /etc/modprobe.conf
>>
>> but when I run:
>> ifconfig eth1 192.168.xxx.xxx netmask 255.255.255.0 up
>>
>> I get:
>> SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
>> eth1: unknown interface: No such device
>> SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device
>> SIOCGIFADDR: No such device
>> SIOCSIFBROADCAST: No such device
>> eth1: unknown interface: No such device
>>
>> On boot I get:
>> eth1 does not appear to be present delaying initialization.
>>
>> What am I missing?
>
>   I noticed a thread at...
> http://www.linuxcompatible.org/Driver_for_DLink_DGE-530T_Gigabit_PCI_on_FC4_t33856.html
>
>   According to it, you should use the "skge" driver.  If loaded as a
> module, change /etc/modprobe.conf to read...
> alias eth1 skge
>
>   Make sure skge is built.  For nic drivers, I just build them right
> into the kernel, but that's my personal preference.
>
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