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From: Dick M. <di...@li...> - 2007-01-26 09:17:26
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Johnny R. Wooten, Sr. wrote: > Quick question for ya if you don't mind. I'm new to linux but have been > around Unix (solaris) more than 8 - 10 years ago. I've heard that DL is the > best way to go for firewall. I'm trying to setup firewall at home. My > question is how can I obtain NIC modules for network cards that don't seem > to be listed in the module setup portion of DL? They look like fairly standard PCMCIA cards with PCMCIA support. I'm not sure why the PCMCIA modules are not available. Someone else on the list might know. The problem is that DL is CD based system and you can't just install modules or programs (because it's read-only filesystem). If you really need to add them then you have to build your own image. > Thanks in advanced. The cards I'm using are PCMCIA 3Com cards ( 3c589D 10MB) > x2 and (3ccfe574bt 10/100MB) x2 Dick |