Installing a USB Cable Modem and Netgear NIC during install

[eyevee99]

I wish to install gentoo, I however use a USB cable modem

Motorola SurfBoard 4100 (it's USB and eth, but I don't have an enternet card for it)

Any tips for getting this up and running for networking during the installation?

Thanks

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[eyevee99]

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I really want to install gentoo, but I can't unles sI get internet access.

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Is there a version of the 16MB iso with Netgear PCI Ethernet support and USB Motorola Surfboard support?

Or can some make one or teach me how?

thanks.
Ryan

Need support for during installation for:
USB - Motorola SurfBoard 4100 Cable Modem
PCI - Netgear FA310TX Fast Ethernet Adapter

[eyevee99]

This link http://www.netgear-support.com/ts/downloads/311lin71.zip is a driver download for netgear nic's.


It appears to be a makefile for the natsemi.c/o files usually located at:

Module: /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/drivers/net/natsemi.o
Source: /usr/src/linux-2.4/drivers/net/natsemi.c


in the gentoo 16 MB boot CD only the module in /lib/ is present, no source is present on the CD.


How do I:
- mount a floppy drive with the files in the link above (the natsemi.c/o files are included in the download)
- compile the files in the link above so they can then be modprobed and I can get internet access with my Cable Modem (now plugged into the NIC temporarily while I set up gentoo)



I tried using tulip for eth0 support, as linuxnewbie.org indicated it works for some netgear cards. But whenever I dhcpcd eth0 the command times out. Indicating no DHCP response from the server. I know for sure it's DHCP though, as I have it all up and running in XP with "server assigned" everythings.


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[Guest]

My Netgear FA-310TX works perfectly with DHCP and the tulip driver.

[eyevee99]

So what did you do?

I booted, blah blah until prompt.

The card was NOT autodetected

I then:

[Guest]

I'm at a university on a Ethernet connection.

[eyevee99]

Ok, I think it's almost working

I modprobe tulip, then set up the internet connection using the static method (dhcpcd fails with my provider apparently)

what do I use as all the addresses in the static commands?

My internet and network are as follows:

My IP (assigned by ISP): BLAH
subnet: 255.255.255.0
gateway: 210.49.32.1
DHCP server: 210.49.20.85
DNS servers: 203.2.75.132 & 198.142.0.51

Local IP on LAN: 192.168.0.1


Which IP is which in the ifconfig and route commands?

is the following correct:

[eyevee99]

I'll be installing a Linux desktop, and that all I'll have for a while.

So any help with getting this connection up and running would be much appreciated.


Cheers,
Ryan