Hi, all is running quasi fine, nice distro antiX-M7.5 for oldtimer CompaqArmada E500,
BUT - huge problems with USB-Ethernet and mnetwork. External ADMtek 8511 adaptor
used due to its mobility between many PCs with fixed MAC adress checked by
broadband cable provider. Most other light distros, e.g. DSL, Puppy etc. works instant
without any config editing with same HW.
With antiX I started DHCP Internet over Terminal, su, lsusb, modprobe pegasus, ifup eth1,
dhclient eth1 etc etc- I can't save it for next session. Mnetwork always jump to the Static IP,
forced reboot AND - even if connected mnetwork says interface is not started showing grey fields.
? maybe USB hub is the problem ?, this NB has only 1 USB port.
Thanx for any idea howto, googled over 2 days - mostly obsolete advices.
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I have a bunch of questions:
1) Did you try doing before ifup?
2) Can you plug the adapter into the main board instead of the hub and try it?
3) What is the output of these commands: 4) Have you tried ignoring mnetwork's messages and not rebooting? Set it up the way you want (make sure that Manual is checked and Ndiswrapper unchecked on the General tab), then make sure the Wireless tab has the right SSID and encryption info, then Stop and Start network on the General tab, finally go to the Interfaces tab, select eth1, check Start/restart on Apply, and click Apply? Mnetwork's warnings about"it MUST be restarted" are wrong most of the time in my experience...
5) Finally, PCMCIA wireless cards are dirt cheap and work fine...

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