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the router is in the basement and the computer on the second floor so it's a pretty good distance. thanks for the advice

yes, it's a wired connection using cat5 and a linksys router. the ne2000 card is very very old, and just a clone and that's probably the reason for the compatibility issue. the nic works fine in windows (win 95 even). It seems easier just to buy a new card ...

I am giving up on getting my old "ne2000" compatible to work in Mandrake 9.2 can anyone recommend a good replacement that will work w/o alot of screwing around?

the computer connects to the internet through a local network in our house that has (now) a total of 5 computers on it (scary...).... the internet connection is a cable modem down in the basement with a router and all the computers connected to it. The connections are yes, I believe, Cat5. The card and internet connection work fine in windows. I appreciate any help you can give me. thanks! (a side issue is I'm really confused because people keep telling me to start up the Mandrake Control Center. I click on the little thing in the corner where the start button would be on a windows screen, and go through those menus and all I get is KDE choices, no Mandrake control center... The KDE "configure your computer" doesn't appear to give me any place to CHANGE anything. thanks again margaret

and I forgot to mention the box it came in calls it a "10base1 & 10base-T High Performance Novell NE2000 Compatible Jumperless ethernet card" thanks

the windows device manager says the card is an "Ether ETH-16 series adapter" and that it is I/O range 0200-021F and IRQ 03.

I will post that nic info later. The problem with using the Mandrake Control Center is that I don't have that, it is one of the things that never got installed. All I have is KDE. That is what automatically starts up and I don't see any way to get out of it other than to log out. I tried logging in as root but that didn't help either. I'm getting readyto give up on this as previously I considered myself a pretty skilled computer user but all of this is just way over my head. I paid $50 for the CD distribution from Mandrake and their support is basically nonexistent unless I want to pay another $50 for a phone incident. They don't answer my posts on "Mandrakeexpert.com." for days... thanks for trying to help

Can someone help me? I installed mandrake 9.2 and when asked for the nic card info I chose the "ne" module because it said NE2000 compatible. the automatic install failed and then I was asked to fill in 3 boxes. I filled them in to the best of my ability using the Windows info for the Nic card, the IRQ and the IO information. But it still doesn't work. The card is a cheapie someone gave me a long time ago but it works fine in Windows. How do I get this driver information in there???? (I have another problem because cd2 of mandrake 9.2 never installed so all I have is KDE which apparenlty won't le tme change my network settings) margaret

I've done the 9.2 install several times now with the same result: when searching for available packages, the install never stopped to show me the choices of packages. I was never prompted to insert CD2. So all I have on there now is KDE. How do I get the other packages on there? I put the CD and look at it in Konquerer and see the RPMs in there, but what the heck do I do to install them. HELP!!!!!!! margaret