On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 09:57:24PM +0200, Dan Johansson wrote:
> On Thursday 25 October 2007, Jonathan Haws wrote:
> > I am running Gentoo on a Sager NP5560 and am having a nightmare getting
> > the networking to work right. I finally have the Intel 2915ABG card
> > working just fine, but I cannot seem to get the Ethernet to work at all.
> > I have configured it for DHCP and it will not get an address. I have
> > other systems on the same network that get DHCP addresses just fine
> > (WinXP and Suse Linux). Here are some specs:
> >
> >
> >
> > Kernel: 2.6.20.1
> >
> > Gentoo Linux
> >
> > Ethernet card: Realtek card using r8169 module
> >
> >
> >
> > Any ideas? The /etc/conf.d/net file is very basic. All is has is
> > config_eth1=("dhcp") then the wireless stuff. I could get eth1 to work
> > if I manually assigned an address, but now that doesn't work either.
> > Any help is appreciated.
> You're sure that the Ethernet card is eth1 and not eth0?You can test which card is plugged in by typing 'mii-tool' from the command line (or install it if it's not there already). -- Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://arcterex.net -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Beware of computer programmers that carry screwdrivers." -- Unknown
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