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> If anybody could help me with a installation problem I would appriciate
> it.  I installed Mandrake 7.1 and then tried to set it up to run with my
> cable modem.  With the carrier I'm with I should just have to make sure
> the card is recognied and then set up DHCP(according to the HOWTO).  I
> figured out that my card wasn't being recognized and then tried to
> install the module with no luck.  I checked /proc/intterupts and it says
> that there is some kind of usb device their.  On my Winoze system the
> modem was IRQ 10 and was at 0x280.  I tried doing a reinstall in expert
> mode and when I had it probe for pci devices it didn't find my card even
> when I picked the driver to look with.  My card is an SMC EtherEZ and is
> supposed to work with the smc-ultra driver.  I tried all the drivers
> offered for the SMC cards and it didn't recognize the card with any of
> them.  Can someone please offer advice on how to proceed from here.  Is
> anyone currently running 7.1 with a cable modem.

> Thanks,
> sub

> edit your /etc/conf.modules or /etc/modules.conf to include the following
> during your earlier attempts to install your network card find out what
> network driver module it tried to install.

> # smc_etherez_driver is the driver module for your network card.
> alias eth0 smc_etherez_driver
> options smc_etherez_driver io=0x280 irq=10

> After putting the modification to your /etc/modules.conf,
> # reboot.

> After rebooting,
> $ dmeg # look for the following line:
> eth0: SMC_ETHEREZ_DRIVER found at 0x280, using IRQ 10.

> > If anybody could help me with a installation problem I would appriciate
> > it.  I installed Mandrake 7.1 and then tried to set it up to run with my
> > cable modem.  With the carrier I'm with I should just have to make sure
> > the card is recognied and then set up DHCP(according to the HOWTO).  I
> > figured out that my card wasn't being recognized and then tried to
> > install the module with no luck.  I checked /proc/intterupts and it says
> > that there is some kind of usb device their.  On my Winoze system the
> > modem was IRQ 10 and was at 0x280.  I tried doing a reinstall in expert
> > mode and when I had it probe for pci devices it didn't find my card even
> > when I picked the driver to look with.  My card is an SMC EtherEZ and is
> > supposed to work with the smc-ultra driver.  I tried all the drivers
> > offered for the SMC cards and it didn't recognize the card with any of
> > them.  Can someone please offer advice on how to proceed from here.  Is
> > anyone currently running 7.1 with a cable modem.

> > Thanks,
> > sub