Linux Ethernet Howto

Paul Gortmaker9780595154845, 0595154840

The Linux Ethernet-HOWTO is a compilation of information about which Ethernet devices can be used for Linux, and how to set them up. This HOWTO is focused on the hardware and low-level driver aspect of the Ethernet cards, and does not cover the software end of things like ifconfig and route (this material is covered in the Network HOWTO).Chapters include:* Introduction* What card should I buy for Linux?* Frequently Asked Questions* Performance Tips* Vendor/Manufacturer/Model Specific Information* Cables, Coax, Twisted Pair* Software Configuration and Card Diagnostics* Technical Information* Networking with a Laptop/Notebook Computer* Miscellaneous

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Table of contents :
Table of Contents……Page 2
4. Vendor/Manufacturer/Model Specific Information……Page 8
6. Software Configuration and Card Diagnostics……Page 9
1. Introduction……Page 10
1.2 Using the Ethernet-Howto……Page 11
1.3 HELP – It doesn’t work!……Page 12
1.4 Type of cable that your card should support……Page 13
2.2 Alpha Drivers — Getting and Using them……Page 14
2.3 Using More than one Ethernet Card per Machine……Page 15
2.5 Problems with NE1000 / NE2000 cards (and clones)……Page 17
2.6 Problems with SMC Ultra/EtherEZ and WD80*3 cards……Page 21
2.7 Problems with 3Com cards……Page 22
Ethercard is Not Detected at Boot…….Page 23
Shared Memory ISA cards in PCI Machine do not work (0xffff)……Page 24
Full Duplex Support……Page 25
Ethernet Cards for Linux on SMP Machines……Page 26
Ethernet Cards for Linux on Alpha/AXP PCI Boards……Page 27
SIOCSFFLAGS: Try again……Page 28
Access to the raw Ethernet Device……Page 29
3.2 ISA Cards and ISA Bus Speed……Page 30
3.4 Increasing NFS performance……Page 31
4.1 3Com……Page 32
EtherLink II, 3c503, 3c503/16……Page 33
Etherlink III, 3c509 / 3c509B……Page 34
3c529……Page 35
3c590 / 3c595……Page 36
Accton MPX……Page 37
AT1700……Page 38
AMD LANCE (7990, 79C960/961/961A, PCnet-ISA)……Page 39
AMD 79C970/970A (PCnet-PCI)……Page 40
AC3200 EISA……Page 41
4.9 Boca Research……Page 42
E2100……Page 43
EM100-ISA/EISA……Page 44
Compaq PCI card……Page 45
DE-530……Page 46
DFINET-300 and DFINET-400……Page 47
DE425 EISA, DE434, DE435, DE500……Page 48
Farallon Etherwave……Page 49
27245A……Page 50
HP NetServer 10/100TX PCI (D5013A)……Page 51
ICL EtherTeam 16i/32……Page 52
Ether Express PRO 10/100B……Page 53
LinkSys PCMCIA Adaptor……Page 54
Mylex LNP104……Page 55
NE2000-PCI (RealTek/Winbond/Compex)……Page 56
NE3200……Page 57
4.30 Racal-Interlan……Page 58
EtherBlaster (aka NI6510EB)……Page 59
RealTek 8129/8139……Page 60
4.35 SMC (Standard Microsystems Corp.)……Page 61
SMC Elite Ultra……Page 62
SMC EtherPower PCI (8432)……Page 63
SMC 3016……Page 64
VIA 86C926 Amazon……Page 65
Winbond 89c940……Page 66
Znyx ZX342 (DEC 21040 based)……Page 67
Identifying the Ethernet Address……Page 68
4.45 Drivers for Non-Ethernet Devices……Page 69
5.1 Thin Ethernet (thinnet)……Page 70
5.2 Twisted Pair……Page 71
WD80x3 Cards……Page 72
3Com Cards……Page 73
Shared memory (e.g. WD80x3, SMC-Ultra, 3c503)……Page 74
ISA Eight bit vs ISA 16 bit Cards……Page 75
7.5 Driver interface to the kernel……Page 76
Miscellaneous functions……Page 77
7.7 Notes on AMD PCnet / LANCE Based cards……Page 78
7.9 The Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF)……Page 79
8.2 PCMCIA Support……Page 80
The ether command……Page 81
The reserve command……Page 82
9.2 Using the Ethernet Drivers as Modules……Page 83
9.4 Disclaimer and Copyright……Page 84
9.5 Closing……Page 85