What are the outputs of
ifconfig
route
on two of the boxes connected via the hub?
-sen
Tadghe Djin writes:
> Good Evening.
>
> I've been trying to setup a Ethernet Network for the last Month and am having a
> bit of rather strange trouble.
>
> The Basics:
>
> I'm not new to either Ethernet nor TCP/IP (I was the Team lead of a 18,750
> Node M$ Network, in addition to prior experience so before sending me off to
> RTFM (which I've done) read the whole problem), however this is my first full
> blown Linux Ethernet Network. I've read (and understand) all the How-to's
> (net3,Ethernet, etc)
>
> I have a basic Network, running TCP/IP (IPv4) only on a group of Linux
> (Mandrake 6.1) boxes. Below is the config I'm attempting to use (Pulled from
> the one of the boxes's /etc/sysconfig/network file and Linuxconf)
>
>
>
> NETWORKING=yes
> FORWARD_IPV4=yes
> HOSTNAME= (boxname).saiorse.net (ie victory.saiorse.net)
> DOMAINNAME=saiorse.net
> GATEWAY=192.168.1.254
> GATEWAYDEV=eth0
>
> Netmask: 255.255.255.0
> Broadcast:192.168.1.255
>
>
> eth0 is one of 2 different cards, either a Kingston KNE30BT or a 3COM 905B,
> the cards are setup properly (detected, driver installed and network tested
> using a much abused "crossover cable")(the KNE30BT's are Realtek 8029 based PCI
> cards, that are NE2K compat) (there are 2 different cards used in the network
> because some of the PC's are 486's with no PCI bus)
>
>
> The network is running on 10BaseT (Cat 5, with all cables tested, and verified,
> cables are between 5 Feet and 11 Feet in length) using CT1008D (Ark PALM
> series) Hubs
>
> The Issue:
>
> No machine can see any other machine (no ping, Traceroute shows no route to
> host) I've broken it down to 2 boxes to try and find my error. I can
> communicate using a "crossover" cable, but once I put a hub between them (I've
> replaced the hub with a known good, still nada, the hub is seeing activity but
> the boxes refuse to see one another). The boxes can see themselves (ie ping of
> localhost or the localip works fine) but nothing else. I've had conflicting
> information that perhaps a "route add -net 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0"
> would work (tried it, no luck)
>
>
> Any guesses, hints, suggestions as to what in heck I've got set wrong. I've
> never had this much trouble just getting a network talking.
>
>
>
>
>
> PS: while I'm on the subject of begging for help, Anyone know where I can find
> a patch to fix the issue of Adaptec 1542CF cards with the 2.2.13 kernel?
> (the 1542CF gets " kernel: Wrong buffer length supplied for request sense
> (256)" messages after being for for a few days or running a few backup's, the
> error has been documented on a few listserv's and message boards).
>
>
>
> Christopher C. Pitts
> --
> "As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil,then their good
>becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy."
> --Christopher Dawson
