ethernet adapter problem

I have a Surecom ethernet adapter (ep-1427x-2) which I use on my
laptop with win98 OK, but can't get it to work with linux (Mdk10).
Looking on the net, I find that it is based on the ASIX AX88172 chip,
which is supposed to work with the usbnet module, which is configured
in my kernel (2.6.13).

At http://www.linux-usb.org/usbnet/, they say that this should show up
in syslog as (example):
usb0: register usbnet usb-00:02.0-1.3, Belkin, eTEK, or compatible

but this is the only reference I find in syslog when plugging it in:
Sep 5 10:32:24 putting kernel: usb 2-1: new full speed USB device
using address 5
Sep 5 10:32:25 putting usb.agent[5215]: ... no modules for USB
product 1189/893/1

the adapter shows up in /proc/bus/usb/devices.
Can anyone give a pointer or website on how to make it work?
Thanks
Peter

Peter wrote:

> I have a Surecom ethernet adapter (ep-1427x-2) which I use on my
> laptop with win98 OK, but can't get it to work with linux (Mdk10).
> Looking on the net, I find that it is based on the ASIX AX88172 chip,
> which is supposed to work with the usbnet module, which is configured
> in my kernel (2.6.13).
>
Woow. I am amazed. Thought Mandrake ships 2.6.3 with patches?
The latest I can find at kernel.org is 2.6.8(.1) ...

> At http://www.linux-usb.org/usbnet/, they say that this should show up
> in syslog as (example):
> usb0: register usbnet usb-00:02.0-1.3, Belkin, eTEK, or compatible
>
> but this is the only reference I find in syslog when plugging it in:
> Sep 5 10:32:24 putting kernel: usb 2-1: new full speed USB device
> using address 5
> Sep 5 10:32:25 putting usb.agent[5215]: ... no modules for USB
> product 1189/893/1
>
> the adapter shows up in /proc/bus/usb/devices.
> Can anyone give a pointer or website on how to make it work?

What happens when you "modprobe usbnet" and then "lsmod|grep usbnet"? Are
you sure you have configured it as included and not as module?


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Walter Mautner <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<i1vv02-(E-Mail Removed)>...
> Peter wrote:
>
> > I have a Surecom ethernet adapter (ep-1427x-2) which I use on my
> > laptop with win98 OK, but can't get it to work with linux (Mdk10).
> > Looking on the net, I find that it is based on the ASIX AX88172 chip,
> > which is supposed to work with the usbnet module, which is configured
> > in my kernel (2.6.13).
> >
> Woow. I am amazed. Thought Mandrake ships 2.6.3 with patches?
> The latest I can find at kernel.org is 2.6.8(.1) ...
Thanks for your reply--you're right, of course, I shouldn't have
relied on my memory! It's 2.6.3_13mdk
> > At http://www.linux-usb.org/usbnet/, they say that this should show up
> > in syslog as (example):
> > usb0: register usbnet usb-00:02.0-1.3, Belkin, eTEK, or compatible
> >
> > but this is the only reference I find in syslog when plugging it in:
> > Sep 5 10:32:24 putting kernel: usb 2-1: new full speed USB device
> > using address 5
> > Sep 5 10:32:25 putting usb.agent[5215]: ... no modules for USB
> > product 1189/893/1
> >
> > the adapter shows up in /proc/bus/usb/devices.
> > Can anyone give a pointer or website on how to make it work?
>
> What happens when you "modprobe usbnet" and then "lsmod|grep usbnet"?
lsmod is the same before and after "modprobe usbnet", ie:
usbnet 25832 0
mii 4992 1 usbnet
usbcore 99068 5 hid,usbnet,ohci-hcd

Are
> you sure you have configured it as included and not as module?
I haven't modified the kernel, it's as it came, and am sure usbnet is
configured as a module, and is the driver of my cable modem as well.
The cable modem showed up as eth1 with no effort on my part, and my
internal lan network card as eth0. I had some faint hopes that this
would show up as eth2, as the documentation suggests. I'm foggy about
this, sure I'm missing something and hope someone can help.
Thanks,
Pete