How To INstall Ethernet NIC

[maybeimaleo]

It has been 10 years since I have had to do this. I have a Managewise server that I need to move from token ring to ethernet.

I forgot how to configure the card! The ethernet card is built into the motherboard, so how do I get the server to recognize it so I can configure it for use??

Help! It's down and I need to get it up fast!

 

[Provogeek]

Hopefully load commands were only REMed in the autoexec.ncf when the server was originally built. Check there and see what you can see. UnREM the command then reboot the server. Once up, run INETCFG and import the load commands.

If nothing is there, then run HDETECT.NLM to discover the NIC. Follow the screen prompts if something is found. Complete the setup in INETCFG

Last resort, do it manually The load commands would look something like this:

LOAD TCPIP
LOAD PCNTNW.LAN PCI SLOT=3 FRAME=ETHERNET_II NAME=PCNTNW_1_EII
BIND IP PCNTNW_1_EII addr=10.0.0.11 mask=255.0.0.0 gate=10.0.0.125

So you will need to figure out the proper driver for the NIC, and the slot. If you are unsure of the slot, just load the driver and see what it says it can use. Then unload it and write the load command referencing above.

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Brent Schmidt Senior Network Engineer
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