Help in installing a driver

[John Bennett]

I am totally new to linux. I have Ubuntu installed and working. I need to get the driver for a Netgear 10/100 PCI network interface card so I can connect to my DSL service. I have the card and cable installed.

Netgear provides the following instructions for the driver:

1.This driver was originally based on fa311v2.c version "0.9.15".

2.It has been enhanced to support RTL8139C+ PCI ethernet controller.

3.RTL8139C+ PCI ethernet chips is set to support C+ mode by default.
If FORCE_C_Mode below is enabled, the RTL8139C+ chip will be forced to support C mode
after reboot.


4.This program can be compiled using the attached Makefile.
Please remember to SPECIFY "NEW_INCLUDE_PATH" in Makefile according to your linux environment.
The object file named fa311v2.o should be moved to the directory
/lib/modules//kernel/drivers/net/
The driver could be brought up by the following steps:
''insmod fa311v2''
''ifconfig eth0 up''

5.It can support Auto-Negotiation ability,that is
10-half 0x01
10-full 0x02
100-half 0x04
100-full 0x08
If 10-half mode is expected, it can be achieved by the following steps:
#ifconfig eth0 down
#rmmod fa311v2
#insmod fa311v2 media=0x01

6.If the "Install Type", selected during the Linux install procedure, is "laptop",
this driver can work normally for CardBus application without any modification.
Otherwise, reinstall Linux and select "Install Type" as "laptop".
Then this driver can also work.

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release note:

1.Add flag in Makefile to specify access type to operation register on PCI
ethernet chips.


These instructions mean nothing to me. I really need specific click-by-click directions.

Thanks.

[HROAdmin26]

Hmmm...I'd expect that card to work out-of-the-box with any recent Ubuntu version.

Maybe something like this or this is an issue?

My .02 would be to figure out the Ubuntu/NIC issue before compiling NetGear's driver.

HTH.

[John Bennett]

Thanks, but your description of alternative explanations is way over my head. I assumed that the driver instructions which came with the card were the way I have to go--in other words, that it would not work directly out of the box. I am not dual booted, so I don't have a test of whether there is an alternative explanation.

I really do need step-by-step guidance.

Thanks again.