network problem Thinkpad R40e

[gctx]

Hi,

I have installed tinycore on a Thinkpad R40e to build the system bit by bit according to my needs.
Unfortunately this task already stops by trying to connect to the internet to download the necessary packages.

I get an ip and pings to router and internet work, but as soon as I'm trying to establish a durable download connection via App Browser it breaks.

From then on I can not connect to the router any more, except after reboot, but then the whole scenario becomes repetitive.

dmesg | grep eth0

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eth0: Tigon3[partno(BCM95901A50) rev 3001] (PCI:33MHz32-bit) MAC address xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
eth0: attatched PHY is 5705 (10/100Base-TX Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1]
eth0: dma_rwctrl[763f0000] dma_mask[64-bit]
eth0: Failed to load firmware "tigon/tg3_tso5.bin"
eth0: TSO capability disabeled.
tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100Mbps, full duplex.
tg3: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and for RX.
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so there seems to be a firmware problem of the NIC

I would need some help to fix this, since I don't know how to make tinicore load the right firmware.

Thanks in advance

[Rich]

Hi gctx
It looks like you need   firmware.tcz
If you can boot Tinycore on a wired machine, download the extension to a USB memory stick and
copy it to the laptop.
I'm not certain, but I think the multicore ISO might come with the firmware extension.

[curaga]

Yes, network firmware is included in multicore.

[gctx]

I did check on the multicore iso, found firmware.tcz, installed it, but still the network did not function.
I then installed all the firmware files, just to make sure ...
Now it works.

Thank you