Re: [gentoo-user] ethernet not working on new laptop (dell e6510)

[Zhu Sha Zang]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Em 10-06-2010 15:28, Allan Gottlieb escreveu: > I just purchased a dell latitude E6510, with a gigabit > (hardwired) ethernet.  It works fine under windows. > > I now have the (newest) gentoo installation disk (april) in the machine. > The device is recognized and the e1000e module is loaded. > > ifconfig shows the mac address, but no IP addr. > > My router (linksys with the tomato firmware) shows that same mac address > (presumably gotten when the windows machine was connected). > > If I run net-setup eth0, nothing changes. > > If I execute the manual > ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.80 broadcast 192.168.1.255 netmask 255.255.255.0 up > subsequent ifconfig's show this data but > ping 192.168.1.1 (the IP addr of the router) fails > However, 192.168.1.80 succeeds. > > Any help would be appreciated. > thanks, > allan > > > > > Maybe the system don't know the router. try this, in addiction of ifconfig *route add default gw **192.168.1.1 *Good Luck! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.15 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwRQx8ACgkQ35zeJy7JhCgAKgCgozrtlXJxZsj6bktO4P/MOCOk 15UAnjhtiwmWWmh+el1LyOdT2vkVjVAl =O5h5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----