On Sunday 28 September 2003 11:00 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Sun, 2003-09-28 at 19:56, stefmit wrote: > > Sorry to interject, but I'll grasp on the opportunity: I just lost my > > previous PCMCIA card (broke a pin, by stepping on the cable), which was a > > Xircom Realport NIC+modem, and - obviously - decided to change it with a > > new one (other type, though). ... tallking about frustration!!! I have > > tried two different cards - so far: a Netgear FA511 and a Xircom XE2000. > > Both are detected correctly, but none would work with DHCP anymore (the > > original one did). And even under the scenario of having to manually > > change the IP addresses between home and work (where is that multiple > > profile - promised land thingy?!?), it works only if running first > > drakconf, changing everything (IP, mask, gateway, DNS, etc.), NOT working > > - though - the first time, then running # ifconfig eth0 with the > > parameters needed to setup the IP and netmask, then running # route for > > the new default - and, at this stage, the things still won't work - then > > again drakconf - after which - finally - the network starts properly. > > Attempted between each of the above steps a "service network restart", > > with the eth0 always failing ... and "NO" - it won't work if I would just > > run ifconfig first, then drakconf: it seems to work only if: changes in > > drakconf --> no go --> ifconfig eth0 and route --> no go --> again > > drakconf --> finally! ... > > > > ... I know someone posted earlier in the month a series of (rightful) > > jokes about W2K and networking setup ... I was laughing too much and I > > got punished ;) ... my MDK9.1 on a Toshiba 8100 is no different now - an > > ongoing exercise in futility. > > > > Stef > > Stef > > Had this problem as well myself a while back. Switched from a > Linksys to a D-Link. My problem came with the persistence of Hotplug in > that it kept loading the module for the linksys system, and refusing to > load the module for the d-link. I had to remove all mention of their > ever being a linksys card. Reboot the box (out of frustration more than > anything.) and then re-insert and things started to work. I've also > learned on Toshiba and compaq, that if you have wired + wireless, > configure the wireless first then insert the wired and configure it. > (so it's eth1) then whenever I use wireless I have to insert both cards, > so that the wired card gets detected as eth1 not eth0. This seems to > be a function of hardware not software as other boxes tend to divide by > slot not by how many are inserted. (Yes on my compaq if I remove the > first card I inserted the second card get switched from eth1 to eth0) > > Advantage here. He has/had nothing configured. No legacy to destroy. > > James
James, Thanks for the quick response ... I think you are right about the hotplug, but I am not sure where to "remove all mention of their being a" <my_old_card>. Can you point me some places? I will start grep-ing all over right now, but if you would be kind enough to point to the stored info of such it would be much appreciated. Thx, Stef
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