On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Chris S wrote about, Re: HTTPD shutdown failure:
> I have changed the NIC to a 3Com Etherlink III 3C509B-TPO 10Mbps. i have
> one cable modem that i am using for my windows machine on which i am using
> for e-mail and the net. when i re-boot my linux machine i unplug the RJ45
> from my windows and put it into my linux box.
> i will fill in the info you requested below...
So it is a different card to the card used under windows if i read you
correct.
This could mean that the modem is only allowd to communicate with one
ethernet card. When another is used the modem may simply refuse to
communicate.
> > What does ifconfig -a say,?? is there a mention of eth0 ???
> >
> ifconfig -a
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:DA:7E:27:F2
The MAC address is shown here, HWaddr = MAC address.
> BROADCAST DEBUG MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:19 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> Interrupt:10 Base address:0x300
Your ethernet card is attached so it should work ok, however i took another
look at /usr/doc/*HOWTO's*/mini/Cable-modem
Under the section for @home i nothiced the following.
With the @home service in Hampton Roads, VA, it is absolutly
neccessary to run dhcpcd-0.70 (or higher) that supports the "-h"
option to specify the hostname of your computer. Without this switch
the @home dhcpcd server will not assign addresses.
However the question still remains about the different MAC address's.
> i am using the distribution installed kernel 2.2.5 - 15
> > The name of your ISP, i belive to be @home
>
> > Did they supply your ethernet card.? {doubtfull as this card has always
> > been considered to be a misser}. I have read they supply 3com cards.??
> > Are they aware of its MAC address.??
> as i mentioned above, it is a 3com card that they did supply. i am not sure
> of its MAC address. although when i had the card in another windows machine
> i was able to switch between them the same way as i am doing now. by
> disconnecting from the nic and putting it into the other nic.
If i were you i would take a look at http://home.com
Conclustions i have made from that page are;
Your linux machine possably does not have the correct dhcp software
The HOSTNAME is possably different. see;
http://www.home.com/support/netscape/netaddress/netaddresses.html
I could find no mention of a MAC address being placed into the modem,
however i would want a "sure" answer from my ISP on this one.
> > What service do they provide to you, a "static IP address" or a dynamic
> > address.???
> it is a dynamic address that is changed every six months. no fixed time on
> this.
Yes i have seen that in thier home-page.
> > cat /proc/interrupts
> CPU0
> 0: 234616 XT-PIC timer
> 1: 321 XT-PIC keyboard
> 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
> 8: 2 XT-PIC rtc
> 12: 3256 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
> 13: 1 XT-PIC fpu
> 14: 61749 XT-PIC ide0
> 15: 9 XT-PIC ide1
> NMI: 0
This was taken before the ethernet card was attached, its of no relavance
without eth0 attached.
>
> > The relavant line(s) used in /etc/conf.modules
> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
> pre-install pcmcia_core /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start
> alias eth0 3c509
>
> > The "exacht" error messages produced by commands, Please cut and paste to
> > avoid spelling mistakes, and do not cut of piceses of text which you think
> > irrelavant.
> when i restart my linux box, it gets to 'Bringing up interface eth0' and
> stalls for about a minute or so. the send and receive lights on my cable
> modem flash a couple of times, and then it says that the operation failed.
Ok well i think you will possably see that the answers i have given above
should help you more, if the leds flash on the modem then the modem is
refusing to talk to you, as explained above.
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Regards Richard
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