Greetings!!
I recently re-installed redhat 5.1 on my linux box. I am now trying to
get the damn thing online.
Before the install I had no problems whatsoever. only hardware
difference is the CD-ROM power is disconnected, and a previous post to
the list indicates that would not be the problem.
I am running a SMC EtherEZ as eth0, I/O 0x240 and IRQ 5, on a Cable
Modem. No other cards installed. I had to edit the module to force the
card to be recognized at the above I/O and IRQ.
Netstat -i reveals MTU 1500 (packet size?)RX-OK 56, adn TX-ERR 25 all
other fields are 0, Flags BRU. netstat -v is completely blank.
I have been reading Linux Unleashed and the network HOW-to. as far as I
can tell it is not the card. I configured IP,netmask, gateway,
nameserver, Domain name, and hostname with linuxconf. I can ping myself
on loopback, so TCPIP seems to be working, pinging my gateway ip gives
me a network unreachable 100% packet loss.
The last time everything was smoother than a baby's bottom. This time
nothing is working right. I did notice that X does not seem to be
working, I have yet to investigate, but believe I need to update it, so
that is not a worry.
Peter Flinkfelt
