Did running netconfig as root not auto-detect it? Kelly Black KB0GBJ On Saturday 12 January 2002 11:51, you wrote: > On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 10:33:17AM -0600, Glenn McDavid wrote: > > Grrrr.... Anyway, the thing is a Siemens SpeedStream 1020, PCI 10/100 > > Ethernet Adapter. Does anybody have any ideas about how to set it up > > with Slackware 8? A Google search turned up nothing. Thanks. > > lspci might tell you what chipset the card uses, which should be > enough to figure out which driver you need. Then just either insert > the relevant module or build a new kernel with that driver included. > > > What (in general) type of NIC) do I need to use > > a cable modem? Must I have a 10/100 PIC, or can I get by with an ISA 10 > > (NE 2000 clone, 3Com, etc.). > > You're not going to get more than a couple Mbps over the cable modem > anyhow, so a 10 Mbps NIC will be more than sufficient. 10/100 would > be serious overkill.