[mpls-linux-general] Problems with ethernet card

[Daniel G. C. <da...@on...>]

Hi! I'm Daniel Gregorio a student of computer science at University of =
Valencia (Spain). I'm doing a test of MPLS functionalities so I'm using =
the MPLS-Linux 0.996 in 4 computers. I don't know a lot about Linux, so =
I will be very pleased if someone can help me.

I have a problem with the ethernet cards. When I boot the MPLS-Linux =
kernel in the boot messages doesn't appear any reference to eth0 or =
similar (the only reference is '0 3c209 cards found'). Then when I try =
to start the ethernet card with ifconfig it says that the eth0 interface =
is unknown, however when I start with the original kernel it runs ok. =
How can I fix this problem? Is there any special command in mplsadm that =
helps with these? I have to put any special options when I compile the =
kernel (different from the normal ones)?
The card is a 3com 509 etherlink ethernet card, and the driver is =
built-in in the kernel (I haven't put it as a module, perhaps this is =
the problem?), I'm running the MPLS-Linux over the linux kernel 2.4.13 =
in a Pentium classic 133Mhz processor with 32Mb RAM.

Thank you for help me! Bye

Dani