pcnet32 hpna problem

I am new to linux and am having problems with a diamond homefree nic
installed... the same nic works well with all versions of windows but not
linux. If set to obtain its ip via dhcp from the router, eth0 will not come
up. If I set a static ip, eth0 will come up but I am not able to ping
anything or get any other type of actually connection. My system is running
a fresh install of mandrake 9.2 (2.4.22-10mdk). Here's a list from cat
/proc/pci:

PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82810 GMCH [Graphics Memory Controller Hub]
(rev 3).
Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82810 CGC [Chipset Graphics
Controller] (rev 3).
IRQ 5.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf8000000 [0xfbffffff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf4000000 [0xf407ffff].
Bus 0, device 30, function 0:
PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801AA PCI Bridge (rev 2).
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=6.
Bus 0, device 31, function 0:
ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 2).
Bus 0, device 31, function 1:
IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801AA IDE (rev 2).
I/O at 0x1800 [0x180f].
Bus 0, device 31, function 2:
USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA USB (rev 2).
IRQ 11.
I/O at 0x1820 [0x183f].
Bus 0, device 31, function 3:
SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801AA SMBus (rev 2).
IRQ 9.
I/O at 0x1810 [0x181f].
Bus 0, device 31, function 5:
Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA AC'97 Audio (rev 2).
IRQ 9.
I/O at 0x1200 [0x12ff].
I/O at 0x1300 [0x133f].
Bus 1, device 13, function 0:
Ethernet controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] 79c978 [HomePNA] (rev
81).
IRQ 9.
Master Capable. Latency=198. Min Gnt=24.Max Lat=24.
I/O at 0x3400 [0x341f].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf4100000 [0xf410001f].
Bus 1, device 14, function 0:
Communication controller: Lucent Microelectronics LT WinModem (rev 0).
IRQ 5.
Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=252.Max Lat=14.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf4100400 [0xf41004ff].
I/O at 0x3420 [0x3427].
I/O at 0x3000 [0x30ff].


Any help at all would be appreciated,
David

David Aiello <REPLY_TO_NEWSGROUP> wrote:
> I am new to linux and am having problems with a diamond homefree nic
> installed... the same nic works well with all versions of windows but not
> linux. If set to obtain its ip via dhcp from the router, eth0 will not come
> up. If I set a static ip, eth0 will come up but I am not able to ping
> anything or get any other type of actually connection. My system is running
> a fresh install of mandrake 9.2 (2.4.22-10mdk). Here's a list from cat
> /proc/pci:

Guess what, had only problems with this card in numerous boxes,
use it with windows if this works.

Get a reasonable NIC, for best performance use an Intel eepro or
3com card. Cheap but usually good enough for some desktop, NICs
with a realtek 8139 chip.

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