eth 0: unknown interface: No such device

[Jarhead]

I am using a Dell Inspiron 1100 with a Broadcomm 4400 ethernet card. I have this set up as a module in my 2.6.3 kernel. This is a common issue from what I have seen browsing the internet in search of the solution to this problem... However, nothing so far has helped.
Uncommenting the line "iface_eth0="192.168.0.2 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0" yields this error:

[solszew]

What is the output of `/sbin/lsmod`? Do you see bcm4400 listed? If not, try running `modprobe bcm4400`, and then lsmod again. Also, run `uname -a` and check to see that you're running the kernel version that the module was compiled for. Another thing to do is to run `dmesg` and make sure that your ethernet device was detected when the machine booted.

If you haven't already done so, you might have a look at this link:

http://www.garshol.priv.no/download/i8500/

It talks about getting your card to work on RedHat 9, not Gentoo, but it does have some useful info.

[Jarhead]

/sbin/lsmod shows nothing there. Running modprobe bcm4400 returns "FATAL: bcm4400 not found." I'm downloading the file from this computer, burning it to a cd, and going to install it that way. I'll keep you posted on my progress.
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[Jarhead]

That worked. Thanks!
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