On 2001.01.28 15:37:06 -0600 Philip C Mendelsohn wrote:
> What distro are you using this from?  I have the Debian 2.2.17pre6
> (potato) and it does not need to be recompiled -- you can just load
> the
> modules.  The Debian package ipmasq takes care of it all for you,
> though
> I'd be really careful about looking over the ipchains rules they
> give you
> and probably just write your own.

That's helpful (fresh install of Debian 2.2.18pre21) .  The
documentation I've read suggests otherwise on the compile option, so
we'll find out.  Writing ipchains rules shouldn't be too hard (did it
before).

> I've been around the block about 600 times trying to get network
> cards to
> work.  I've had it where it will show up under ifconfig, the routing
> table
> will be correct, but ping just stares back at me.  That one turned
> out to
> be needing to set an IO recovery delay in the BIOS -- since yours
> used to
> work on that machine, I bet its not that hard.

Well, maybe,... but it's more headslap dumb on my part - it works
under the compact kernel, but not the one I compile.  Well, I guess
I'll just see how it goes again.

> I do assume a known good modular kernel, and that you have a
> compatible module.  
That's the crux of the matter, I don't have a module and I can't
figure out how to get it created.

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