Re: [suse-ppc] RS6K standard Ethernet card supported?

The RS6K B50 comes standard with the PCI IBM 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Adapter (unless its token-ring, fddi, of course!).

During installation, the Selection of Network Devices screen does not

The B50 is a rack mounted 150. Same components, different layout. The AMD PCNet32 Chipset is used on both for onboard 10/100 Solution. The same chip is used with the PCI card solution. Use the PCNet32 driver, not NE2000. ** The opinions stated are mine and do not reflect those of my employer ** IBM Toronto Software Lab IT Services - ADTC Support slangrid@ca.ibm.com (905) 413-4226 Joseph Manojlovich on 11/14/2001 06:09:51 PM Please respond to Joseph Manojlovich To: suse-ppc@suse.com cc: Subject: Re: [suse-ppc] RS6K standard Ethernet card supported? I'm not positive about the B50, but my 150 (and the 2 models have similar specs) has an AMD PCNet32 PCI card integrated. I'd hope IBM wouldn't be stupid enough to embed a NE2K, especially a PCI version. Ugh. Let it die people... :) On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 05:55:50PM -0500, David Callaghan wrote: directly offer this as an option. Also, the Hardware Database doesn't show any IBM ethernet cards as being supported.

I was going to choose NE2000 (PCI), but in the SuSe knowledgebase, there

are some articles saying this may not be a good idea (kfr_16) or that the system may not recognize the card (rb_nwkconfig).

Has anyone found problems with the on-board Ethernet adapter on the B50

under the NE2000 PCI driver? Did you use another driver?

Thanks for your help.

-- Joe Manojlovich manojlov@cse.psu.edu "And a thermostat on a home furnace... is that supposed to go to 5000 degrees, do you think?"