About the 2 macs and 1 linux on a LAN

[John F. Kohler]

Colin Marquardt wrote:

> * John F Kohler <jkohler2 at earthlink.net> writes:
>
> >> > Bring up interface eth0 insmod:/lib/modules/2.2.14-5/net/tulip.o: insmodeth0 failed.
> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------^^
> >>
> >> If this is directly copied from the screen, you may be missing a
> >> space after insmod in the file that loads the module.
>
> > Should I try to install it again?  Will it go on top of the one that is already there?
>
> Hmmm, no, since...
>
> > I can see a "tulip"  when I enter "lsmod"
>
> ... that looks okay, although the error message above would suggest
> otherwise.
>
> In any case, I think we would all save a lot of time if someone would
> just come over to you for half an hour to fix the problem.  I would
> offer myself, but I have almost no experience in networking, and then
> I do not even know RedHat... (anyway, in case nobody else wants to:
> where do you live?)
>

217 Fairlawn Avenue
Daly City,
  94015

This is the Westlake district, of "Little Boxes" fame from the lat Malvina Reynolds.


...Quite dome distance from Sonoma County.

John

>
> In general, fixing problems in public is helpful for others too, but
> it seems we are at a stage where the problem is just too specific to
> be interesting for the crowd.
>
> Cheers,
>   Colin
>
> [BTW, it would help conversation if you would write *under* the
> quoted text, and snipped the text you don't explicitly reply to.
> (Might be that it is typically german of me to request this :-)]

Whoops... Sorry.  Your suggestion makes emiinent good sense